UNDERSTANDING BINOCULARS TERMINOLOGY

BINOCULARS are great for game viewing, ticking off that Hottentot buttonquail from your birding list or checking if there’s a bridge ‘over the river down there’. But what makes one pair of binoculars better or different and what all the numbers mean is still a mystery to many prospective buyers. It is necessary to understand these markings to be able to compare apples with apples when shopping for your next pair of binocs.

First off, binoculars use a series of lenses, elements