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Nikon 10x50 Action Extreme ATB Binoculars
[7245]
by Leslie Jackson Date Added: Thursday 17 May, 2012 Read 2 reviews 4 of 5 Stars!4 of 5 Stars! Write a review
I had a bit of a struggle attaching the neck-strap. Working out how much strap to feed through the buckles in order to attach the eye-piece caps to the strap, so that they would still fit over the eye-pieces, was a matter of "do it - undo it - do it again" until I was eventually satisfied.
With pull-out eye-pieces; click-stop right eye dioptre adjustment; and a final fine-tuning adjustment, I guess I spent something like twenty minutes just setting the binoculars up.
The weight, combined with really precise-fitting controls, gives a feel of a well-built, quality instrument and the rubber coating made for really confident handling.
My initial use was in early evening and the light gathering properties of the lenses and their clarity was immediately apparent.
If I had gripes they would be:
That I still found it possible for the object lens covers to be knocked off (and potentially lost!) even when attached to the neck strap in the described fashion;
The binoculars are a really good purchase at around the £130 mark, but I think I would feel disappointed had I paid what I have seen is the supposed recommnded price of nearly £100 more;
I have not yet found a way to actually register the warranty, as the documentation with my pair appears to have been intended for the American market and the UK Nikon website seems only to be tilted at Nikon cameras.
Overall, I am pleased with the binoculars at the price I have paid and am sure that they are robust enough to give me many years of viewing pleasure.
With pull-out eye-pieces; click-stop right eye dioptre adjustment; and a final fine-tuning adjustment, I guess I spent something like twenty minutes just setting the binoculars up.
The weight, combined with really precise-fitting controls, gives a feel of a well-built, quality instrument and the rubber coating made for really confident handling.
My initial use was in early evening and the light gathering properties of the lenses and their clarity was immediately apparent.
If I had gripes they would be:
That I still found it possible for the object lens covers to be knocked off (and potentially lost!) even when attached to the neck strap in the described fashion;
The binoculars are a really good purchase at around the £130 mark, but I think I would feel disappointed had I paid what I have seen is the supposed recommnded price of nearly £100 more;
I have not yet found a way to actually register the warranty, as the documentation with my pair appears to have been intended for the American market and the UK Nikon website seems only to be tilted at Nikon cameras.
Overall, I am pleased with the binoculars at the price I have paid and am sure that they are robust enough to give me many years of viewing pleasure.
