Posts Made By: Jeroen Van Wassenhove

Hello,

I am looking for a mid sized angled binocular of excellent quality which is very easy to set up and not too heavy to carry.
Currently I am using a high quality 10 x 40 binocular (Zeiss Victory), but want to use something bigger. First I had the Tak 22 x 60, Zeiss 15 x 60 or the Optolyth 15 x 63 in mind, but these will give me pain in my neck and one needs a decent mount for it.
So during my search, I discovered the Miyauchi 15 x 60 45 degrees angled binocular. They look attractive and very comfortable.
Are there people here which have experience / used this binocular ? How are the optics, color error, edge sharpness,... ?

This seems to be the only angled binocular in the 50-70mm region or am I wrong ?

All advice is welcome. Thanks

Thanks for the comment. I haven't looked at it this way.

Regards,

Jeroen

Hello John,


I am also interested in reviews of the Victory 10 x 56. Currently, I am using the Zeiss Victory 10 x 40 which gives superb views of the sky. If the 10 x 56 has the same quality, I think you can't go wrong.

Regards,

Jeroen

Hello Ray,


Some months ago, I've bought a Miyauchi 15x60-45degrees binocular. Here follows a short report of my first experience with this binocular. Maybe this can help you in your decision.

Stars are pinpoint sharp across the entire field. Only at the very edge stars show some distortion (flaring). A lot of Messier objects can be seen with this binocular, and some of them look very impressive. (e.g. x en h Persei, I looked more than a half hour to it)
The view of the moon is quite spectacular, with no color when the binocular is properly focused. When the binocular is out of focus, color is present. Planets is a different story. Till now, I was not able to have decent views of Mars, Jupiter and Saturnus. But this may be due to the seeing (not stable enough). Jupiter and his four moons can be seen very easily, but Jupiter itself was a bit dissapointing. I'll try again when seeing is better.

The biggest advantage of this binocular is the 45 degrees viewing resulting in a steady image which makes you see a lot more detail. I've put the binocular (approx. 2 kg) on a photo tripod and can observe objects easily to 70 degrees height. One can use it also for daytime viewing (birds) which I did several times with beautifull views.
The binocular has disadvantages too. It is not suited for tracking satellites and one needs a tripod. And 60mm aperture has its limits.

By the way, the oculars can be changed. Miyauchi sells a pair of 22x oculars, but they are not cheap. Image quality with the 22x oculars is not that good as with the 15x oculars, expecially the edge sharpness.

For me, this binocular is a keeper. Compared with a Zeiss Victory 10x40, it gives you some more color and dimmer views, but its price and comfortable views make up for that.


Regards,

Jeroen

I would pick the Miyauchis.