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New Wed 4 Dec 13 10:44 
 Binoculars - CGNorwich
Yes light gathering is important and is determined by the size of the objective lens 7X50 will have a large objective lens and be very god in poor light conditions - something of great concern to yachtsmen.

As in all things I need compromise between reasonable magnification - eight or ten times are favourites amongst bird watchers, size of objective lens, for field of view and light gathering and cost.

Probably looking at 8X42 or 10X42 in a compact design (not porro prisms which I find heavy to hold for extended periods). Also would like reasonably robust construction.

I tend to favour the 10X magnifications since much of my bird watching is on the Broads where the birds, mainly wild fowl are fairly distant. Downside of high magnification is of course a smaller field of view so more difficult to find the subject and a jittering of the image caused by a shaking hand is that much more pronounced than in lesser magnification

I intend to take up Haywain's recommendation and make a trip to CleySpy next week to try out a selection.

www.cleyspy.co.uk/

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