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Can anybody recomend a small but good pair of binoculars, For a stay at home, in my own garden bird spotter.Something about �50 .[Springwatch had me hooked]
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I was looking on specialist binocular sites, but they are silly money prices! Couldn't see anything for under �200 (I know, I nearly choked as well)
So I tried good ol' Ebay, and found all these,
http://photography.search.ebay.co.uk/binocular s_Binoculars-Telescopes_W0QQsacatZ28179
So I tried good ol' Ebay, and found all these,
http://photography.search.ebay.co.uk/binocular s_Binoculars-Telescopes_W0QQsacatZ28179
Right in the first part Toureman but the figure �50� in '30x50' indicates the diameter of the objective lens (the big lens at the end) in millimetres. For a set magnification, increasing the diameter of the objective lens has NO EFFECT on the field of view, but does increase the light gathering capabilities of the binocular.
Just a little line an old friend of mine who was a twitcher he would go anywhere at the drop of a hat to see an unusual bird (Goldie Horn was his favourite )- joke- but he said that for watching birds they make a special set 8.5x 44 but these are not so often found so 8x40 is the next best , dont be persuaded to go for a bigger magnification because you will get a narrower field of view and then it is very hard to follow a moving bird