Buy Steiner Wildlife Pro 10.5X28 BinocularsSteiner Wildlife Pro 10.5X28 Binoculars Product Description:
- Fast Close Focus System
- High Contrast Optics
- WaterProof design
- Weight: 336g
- 30 year Warranty
Product Description
Moments in nature are precious. That's why you need a binocular that is powerful enough to make distant viewing easier and so comfortable to use that you don't even notice it while carrying. Therefore we have completely optimized the new Steiner Wildlife 10.5x28. High-Contrast-Optics and the wide field of view let you see in almost impossible light conditions: clearer, crisper and lighter! The 10.5-fold magnification puts you in the middle of the action, without being noticed. The Fast-Close-Focus helps you pinpoint your targets. With its combination of light weight and extreme rugged design the Steiner Wildlife 10.5x28 is the perfect companion for wildlife observation and country navigation! By means of a specially developed sequence of processes, Steiner lenses and prisms provide an extraordinarily clear image. All of the important optical parts are surface coated with a reflection-reducing layer. The result is a sharp and bright observation result - even with poor visibility.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
Great but spoilt by case and strap.
By OT8.
First off the quality of these binoculars are excellent, I will go into more details in a moment, but one of the reasons anyone one buys a pair of compact binoculars is the desire to travel light, the case for these is like a small childs sandwich box, you will be seriously disappointed with it, I can not over state that. Secondly the strap of these isn't the best by a long way, it's uncomfortable and bulky in a way it shouldn't be, with a pair of bins like this a simple 1/4 inch strap is enough for most. Unfortunately because of the way the strap attaches to the bins you can't change it without butchering the supplied one. That said if you're happy to butcher the strap, ditch the case in favour for a neoprene pouch from the bay you'll be generally very happy with the quality from these binoculars as quality is good.Now for my review of the binoculars, I should explain I am a professional photographer, I get to travel world wide and am used to looking through quality optics. At home or in the car I have a nice old pair of 30 year old carl zeiss 8x30 which are a bit bulky and I always wanted a little more magnification. So I was looking for a compact pair of quality binoculars which wouldn't take up a lot of space in my camera bag for travelling. I didn't really know much about binoculars or how much I should spend to get reasonable quality, realistically the average person might buy one or two pairs of binoculars in a life time so I wanted to get it fairly right, there's nothing worse than buying cheap and buying twice. I read a lot of reviews but it's hard to compare a £100 binocular to a £1700 without looking through them as everyones eyesight is different. 8x magnification was easy to hand hold whilst 12x got me nice and close but the smaller field of view meant it would be hard to follow something in motion like a bird or an air show, plus natural shake from the hands makes it hard to see clearly at higher magnification. I briefly looked at a £1700 pair of Leica 8-12x zoom by 42, lovely clarity sharp as anything, made life look more interesting, but so heavy I would never take them out and at £1700 thats a lot of money. Just to explain the second number with binoculars is the size of the lens at the front (objective lens) and the first number is the magnification. 10x seemed right for me and is what is generally accepted as being the limit to being hand holdable.I tried the following Binoculars Nikon sporstar 10x25 £100 (nice and small but lacked clarity, colour and looked flat) Opticron 10x28 £199 (really nice colour, case and size impressive for the money) Leica Trinovid 10x25 £350 (good in every sense but not water rain proof and no better than these although they do have a better case and strap) would have liked to try the Zeiss 10x25B £350 but they were unavailable. I also tried the Leica Ultravid 10x25 £530 (best of the bunch but couldn't bring myself to spend nearly double) plus I tried a load of lesser names.These Steiner 10.5x28 look good and feel well made, they have a nice rubber finish and are water-rain proof. They where really well balanced and easy to hold without hand shake even for some time, the weight wasn't to much and I felt I could hold them for some time if I was watching game. The eye relief was the next thing, I didn't realise what this was but knew the effect of when it's not right. When I looked through some I would get this blocking out of the image which is caused by the eye not being able to sit the right distance from the lens, (eye relief) I knew sometimes I was going to want to keep my sunglasses on whilst looking through them and these were about the best I tried. Although 10.5x the size of the image or field of view as its called is good, you don't feel like you missing stuff just out of view. The extra 3mm of the 28's over the 25 in theory means you should get more light in lower light conditions but my understanding is the coatings make up for this. It's certainly true that the Leica Ultravid's were in a world of their own they were brighter with more vivid colours and I felt the world looked a nicer place but it was twice the cost and I had to ask was it worth double for the amount of use I would have out of them.I have had them a little time now, I didn't realise when I ordered them the case was so bad, I am generally pleased with them now I've butchered the strap and bought a new case. But I have some buyers remorse they are a bigger than the Ultravid it might not seem much, but it's all bulk and I think in complete honesty I would be using those more even though they are double the cost. I personally feel I would be carrying them in my pocket rather than in a bag which I don't always have. Which means I would in fact be using them more and may still buy them yet one day. That said I do tend to look at things with these and its nice and clear. If I were choosing again and I didn't have the money for the Leica utravid I might well go for the Opticron 10x28's they have a slightly nicer finish, closes up a bit better, the case and strap are nicer and 70 quid cheaper. I would also like to have tried the Zeiss which by all accounts are meant to be pretty special.Bear in mind this is just my review, I would recommend trying them for yourself. As for Steiner come on get your act together who dreamt of making a case that size you can't even fit it in the glove box or perhaps I should use it as a glove box.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.Good compact bonoculars
By Agu Remmelg
The binoculars are compact size but still good 10.5x magnification. Very convenient to carry. Operation is easy and optical quality good. Perfect for wildlife observation and general use. One could only wish more compact carrying case for such compact binoculars.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.Bird watching godfrey
By G. C. Girling
These binoculars have a good contrast of colour and for the size of the object lens very good light in take.They represent good value for money and are an alternative to the more expensive brands of small binoculars
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