Vixen Atera H12x30 stabilised binoculars
As image-stabilised binoculars occupy a unique niche in binocular astronomy, it always piques our interest when a new player enters the field. The Vixen Atera H12x30 binoculars have a one-piece body with adjustable eyepiece turrets. As well as a hard-shell case, there’s a 25mm-wide neoprene neck strap, individual eyepiece caps, but no caps for the objective lenses. Although it’s not armoured, the fibreglass-reinforced polycarbonate body is smooth to the touch.
The eyepiece turrets incorporate Ba.4 subsidiary prisms; you can change the interpupillary distance (IPD) – the distance between the pupils of your eyes – by rotating these turrets, which have enough resistance to movement to prevent you from accidentally altering the IPD. There is the usual dioptre adjustment (for
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