Carson RD-034 10x34mm RD Series Compact Open-Bridge Waterproof High Definition Binoculars

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The twist-up eye-cups on this instrument are about as comfortable as most others out there, so not too much to expand on here.

This is good as there will be a few within the low cost price range that may have the less desirable BK-7 glass prisms. Optical Coatings Established in 1990, Carson Optical began life in the basement of the founders mother's house in Long Island, where Richard Cameron imported and exported a wide array of products between the US and Japan. So whilst I like it that they make it super easy to adjust your setting, It is a little overkill and makes accidental movement of your preferred setting more likely.A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface.

The binoculars also have a rubberized armor coating over their lightweight body as well as twist-up eye pieces and a adjustable diopter. The 17mm of eye-relief is good and whilst not quite enough (18mm) to make it onto my list of binoculars with long eye-relief, it should still be more than enough for almost all users who wear glasses to get the full view. The twist-up eye-cups turn just a little too easily for my liking. So whilst twisting them up is no problem, they do have a tendency to twist down again if you don't have them fully extended. Suceess was mainly down to their focus on innovation, which helped Carson compete effectively with much larger industry competitors and this overall philosophy is still what drives Carson today. The case comes with it's own detachable shoulder strap and it also has a very comfortable hand strap that I really like.These Carson RD-Series binoculars are "tripod adaptable" - by that I mean they make it really easy for you to fix them to a tripod.

Carson market the JK Series as ideal everyday, birdwatching, hiking, huning or general widlife observation binoculars. For more on this and to compare the ocular lens size on these Carson RD Series 8x42 binoculars with others: Ocular Lens Size in Binoculars. Objective LensesThe dimensions of the Carson RD-842, with the eye-cups twisted in and the hinge fully open is as you can see from the table above very regular for a 42mm binocular. This looks good and most certainly has less chance of perishing than those that use much softer rubbers. Indeed I would go as far as to say they were no worse than many low and even mid cost binoculars that do have ED glass and this is another example that I have found where unless you move up into the higher end categories, not having ED glass is not an issue.