Thanks for your comments Moose and Jmr40
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If you can, try them, would be my suggestion.
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Moose - I agree but it is always hard to check them out properly in a shop - the only real test is in the field so I was hoping someone here might give me the benefit of their experience.
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I wouldn't think an 8X binocular with only a 30mm objective would be very good at all in low light
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This is one of my concerns too, Jmr40. The 7x35 is a good combination but does not seem to be favoured by the manufacturers any more. Maybe the better quality glass and coatings available these days compensate for the smaller objective. I had a pair of 8x40 Pentax Wide Angle glasses which were great for glassing the hills but just too heavy to lug around or hang around your neck for any length of time.
As a matter of interest if money were no object (ha!ha!) what binos, if any, around the 20oz (550gm) mark would meet my specs?
David