Here is the place to talk about all those equipment(Telescope, Mounts, Eyepieces, etc...) you have. Not sure which scope/eyepiece is best for you? Trash it out here!
ivanong wrote:Well, I've boxed it up and am returning it for a refund. For nearly $400 US, it is really not quite there in my opinion. I'll either save up for a binoviewer for my scopes or a Canon IS. You'all will have to read about night performance elsewhere!
Ivan
Sorry to hear about the bad experience, I van.
But thanks for letting us know. Hope you can get a better pair for the money.
I have used RC's AP scopes and optically they are excellent. Some people will have buy the bino based on RC's reputation, believing that binoculars marketed by his company would be great too! (I could have done likewise too, but in the end I opted for another bino.)
Perhaps the current standards of these first batch of chinese-made binos did not live up to some people's expectations. I am sorry too for Ivan who had decided to return it.
denebman wrote:Strictly speaking, my Fujinon FMT 10 X 50 doesn't give flat field either. Nowadays Nikon 7X 50 SP may be a better choice for optophiles.
That is very true and a good point. Most binos do not give perfect flat fields, with the exception of the high end Canon IS binos. In this specific case, I don't think there was anything wrong with the AP 15x70. They were very bright, had excellent eye relief and were contrasty. Unfortunately my eyes are sensitive to motion-induced issues and panning the binos around gave me dizziness due to the pin cushioning effect due to the edge field distortion. Another person might not find this objectionable, but I did. In my specific case, shelling out nearly $400 US did not seem quite worth it. But as they say, your personal mileage varies.
I may get one in Oct, from one retailer of China.
This MS (abbre for "military series") is quite hot in some Chinese bino BBS. It's manufactured in some factory of Yunnan province.
For price, common retail price is about half of Fuji's, but some ppl got it at really low price.
I will buy a 7x50 pair, some friend tell the the 10x50 version is not as good as 7x50, the 10.5x70 and 15x70 can be seen as the “extended objective barrel” version of 7x50 and 10x50. 25x80 and 28x110 is not offcial product of this factory.
There are many discussions and comparisons(with Canon IS L , Zeiss FL...)in some chinese bino-fans BBS, such as www.bggd.com/bbs, you can check them if you are interested.
