We lost our boat binoculars in spectacular firefight with some alien pirates off the coast of... Ok, that's not really what happened. They went for a swim just off of the G "5" buoy in Port Jefferson harbor.So I had an opportunity to get a new pair with some bells and whistles. I got a pair with a built in compass and optical rangefinder and... they float.
These are 7x50, whereas the last pair was 10x30 which meant a little more magnification (10x), but less field of view and not as bright (30mm). 7x magnification is apparently the most zoom that the average person can manage to hand hold comfortably on a boat less than 50ft. I don't disagree- on the other hand, I didn't have trouble with 10x.
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