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Woot! [woot.com] has
Gllysion 12X50mm Professional HD Waterproof High Power Binoculars w/ Bak4 Prisms, Storage Bag & Phone Adapter on sale for
$39.99. Shipping is free w/ Amazon Prime, otherwise shipping is $6.
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Prime price vs not Prime.
Worth a view.
For a frame of reference, I'm an experienced amateur photographer, including handheld macro photography so I'm no stranger to handholding higher magnification lenses steady, without image stabilization. There's no bragging rights to claiming you can handhold 12x binos comfortably. The reality of it is, 10x is a more reasonable upper limit for the vast majority of humans, 8x is probably the sweetspot for most people to handhold steadily... COMFORTABLY. 12x and the majority will find themselves frustrated with every little micro movement from your hands and body, looking for things to lean on, prop your hands on, prop the binos on, etc. Quick glances, sure.. longer, steady looks? Look for 8x, or 10x if you think you have truly steady hands.
note: many manufacturers will stake a claim on 12x being the upper limit for most people while actual seasoned users/groups tend to stake that claim on 10x as upper for most, 12x for fewer people.
I can stay that when a buddy lost a pair of my $80 bushnell binocs he replaced them with a $30 cheap ass pair from Amazon. Think brand starts with a B and had a j in it. They were way better than my $80 pair and only reason a knew they were $30 is I bought another pair as backup.
That said, a $250 pair of vortex are waaaay better than a $80 pair of Nikon bushnell etc ( in general).
12 X is too high for general purpose use as the field of view will be narrow and any movement on your part will shift the view significantly and hard to actually see anything.
50 makes this a pretty BIG set which makes it much less likely you'll bring it with you.
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But the amazon description says it can take a standardtripod adapter (and the company may even send you one if you ask).
These could be good for tripod/monopod use--like setting up at home pointed at some distant viewpoint, or on a hotel balcony looking out at whales.
Normal price on Amazon seems to be $120+ so these may not be $50 chinesium.
Wish there were a semi-decent spotting scope on Woot at a similar discount. I need something long, but it doesn't have to be very nice.
https://www.amazon.com/Nexiview-B...r=8-7&th=1 [amazon.com]
Thanks - picked this up. for $25 it is cool to have the phone adapter to get magnified pictures.