Which One's the Finder?Posted By Milton Wilcox |
My messier tours with my Canon 18x50's and old Nikon 12x36's are about complete (within the bino's and my ability). I thought that I had hit the wall with the Nikon's for awhile until I tried laying them on top of the mounted Canons, and found out they pointed in the same direction! This has been an immense help in finding threshold objects for the little guys.
My counts now stand at 78 for the Nikons and 95 for the Canons. The 18x50's will easily break 100, failing only at M109 and a few of the Virgo cluster galaxies in my mag 5.5 skies. The 12x36's have probably gone about as far as they can go, even with the finding help.
Notice the different colors of the coatings in the picture. Nikon's were green 20+ years ago - anyone know if they still are? In comparison, the Canon coatings are distinctly blue in color. Yet, the CA is not objectionable in either bino!?
Clear Skies,
Milt
My counts now stand at 78 for the Nikons and 95 for the Canons. The 18x50's will easily break 100, failing only at M109 and a few of the Virgo cluster galaxies in my mag 5.5 skies. The 12x36's have probably gone about as far as they can go, even with the finding help.
Notice the different colors of the coatings in the picture. Nikon's were green 20+ years ago - anyone know if they still are? In comparison, the Canon coatings are distinctly blue in color. Yet, the CA is not objectionable in either bino!?
Clear Skies,
Milt