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Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 04-03-2015, 14:03
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Views: 10,579
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Binoculars

Fujinon 7x50 WPC-XL Mariner Binocular with Compass 7107751 B&H (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/206773-USA/Fujinon_7107751_7x50_WPC_XL_Mariner_Binocular.html)
Wow.... about $60 cheaper than...
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 04-03-2015, 13:22
Replies: 72
Views: 10,579
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Binoculars

I have individual focus on my Fujinons that I use on the boat.
Ashore I have Nikon 8x40s which are centre focus.... they need a bit of work focusing but are excellent for close in work.... birds n...
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 01-03-2015, 00:17
Replies: 72
Views: 10,579
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Binoculars

Are the WM Tahitis made for WM by Fujinon? I think one of the better WM bins were some years back.
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 01-03-2015, 00:12
Replies: 72
Views: 10,579
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Binoculars

Serious amount of dip with a small card aggravated by ballasting the wrong way... and the compass cards in binos are very small ...can lead to the card sticking.
If planning a world voyage you...
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 28-02-2015, 20:25
Replies: 72
Views: 10,579
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Binoculars

Ah well, Steiner think of everything...the Commander Global comes with a fluxgate compass
STEINER-Optik | Binocular | Commander Global 7x50 with Compass | Marine Binoculars | Products...
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 28-02-2015, 20:10
Replies: 72
Views: 10,579
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Binoculars

I posted that for the benefit of the OP and the world at large.

I recently posted my Fujinons from NZ to US for re-armouring... return postage was in the order of $150 US... and they were gone for...
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 28-02-2015, 18:37
Replies: 72
Views: 10,579
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Binoculars

For the OP.... at the price you want to pay...stick with porro prism ... to get decent roof prism ones you have to pay $$$$$$ more.
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 28-02-2015, 16:42
Replies: 72
Views: 10,579
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Binoculars

Interesting ..
' ....I know that Steiner compass binos bought in Europe are totally useless (well the compass is) on the equator ....'

Thats in the first post here....

Compasses in the S...
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 28-02-2015, 15:15
Replies: 72
Views: 10,579
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Binoculars

At the top of the market they reckon the FMTR Fujinons ( as used by the USCG, Armada de Chile, etc etc ) are as good as the Steiners but far far less expensive.
Also... a bit of thread drift , the...
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 28-02-2015, 14:04
Replies: 72
Views: 10,579
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Binoculars

Ed Zackery.... which is why when I bought my Fujinons in the UK 20 years ago I passed on the compass option.

Would be OK using a pair bought in N.Am or NEurope in the Caribean or Tahiti... maybe...
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 28-02-2015, 13:12
Replies: 72
Views: 10,579
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Binoculars

I would be concerned with taking a pair - with compass - purchased in the northern hemisphere into the southern hemisphere. Small compasses typically have fixed ballast to compensate for dip.......
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 28-02-2015, 12:32
Replies: 72
Views: 10,579
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Binoculars

How good are the compasses in the cheap binos? just asking... :)
Forum: Auxiliary Equipment & Dinghy 28-02-2015, 12:07
Replies: 72
Views: 10,579
Posted By El Pinguino
Re: Binoculars

Anything 7x50 by Fujinon or Nikon... I would pass on the compass option and put the money into the glass.
At that price I would give anything second hand a miss.... esp if buying unseen.
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