Good Binocular?
I am interested in astronomy and i already have a telescope. what i want, that is both useful and easier to handle is a really good binocular. I was going to buy a digital binocular where I could observe any distance, from outer space to a landscape, but I dont know what kind i should purchase, what should be the magnification, and what brand even. please write me your ideas if you know anything about digital binoculars.
thanks
what i want is to maximize and minimize the image so i can have a variety of uses. I dont necessarily want digital, only a binocular that can zoom in and out. not a limited range. im not sure what that is called!
Barska is a good brand.
You would want to go with a minimum of a 10×50 binocular.
There’s a lot of good brands out there….you could check out …
Orion telescope.com for their binocular section……I personally use Bushnell 10×50′s You can go bigger…but you want to make sure you have that nice wide field when viewing. Also..I would check out some astronomy catalogs dedicated to strictly binocular objects. There’s a whole lot of objects out there in space that have been chosen specifically for bino viewing.
Enjoy the view!!
I too have a telescope but never take it out without also getting out the binoculars. I use Celestron 20×80 and absolutely love them. They aren’t digital. But note the 80mm lenses! Absolutely super for astronomy and of course the focus is adjustable so they are great for landscapes too. I have a parallelogram mount which is indispensable. Always worth the investment. Actually the binoculars would really be useless without the good mount. I can put the binocs on an object and with a push of the finger, raise them up for someone taller, and they stay on target! I LOVE IT!
Check out the mount here. I’ve purchased two brands and this link is for the one that I would most highly recommend:
http://www.universalastronomics.com/
I’ve never heard of digital binoculars, and can’t even imagine what they would be like, except maybe for those crappy little binoculars with a digital camera attached.
What you want for astronomy is old fashioned optical binoculars. I own several different ones, but my most used are my Celestron 10×50 binoculars. The first number gives the magnification, the second the aperture, so these magnify 10 times and have 50mm objectives. You don’t want any smaller aperture for astronomical use, and you don’t want much more magnification than 10x if you plan to hand-hold the binoculars, which is by far the best way to use them.
Most of the camera and telescope companies have their own brands of binoculars. One of the widest ranges is available from Orion:
http://www.telescope.com/control/category/~category_id=binoculars
With binoculars, you pretty much get what you pay for. Under $100 tends to be pretty basic. $100 to $200 is a good range to look in. Over $200 are the Cadillacs of binoculars, probably not worth the extra money for most of us.
Avoid zoom and fixed focus binoculars, and be cautious about "giant binoculars." While these may give spectacular views, they often suffer from optical defects and are so heavy that they require a tripod mount. You can’t go wrong with 10x50s in the $100 to $200 range.