Great Walks

FORESTS & FIELD GLASSES

IF you love combining bushwalking with birdwatching or other observation of animals and geographic features which need closer examination, these ruggedly-constructed binoculars may just be the ticket for you. Normally, any binocular that you hand hold over 8-times magnification will reveal the shakiness of your hold being distractingly magnified and this is at cross purposes to using a binocular; in short, it is counterproductive to the point of potential eye strain, while not gaining the visual information you seek.

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