My first outdoor accessory – Binoculars

As I said in my post earlier that it would be easier getting a binocular in US than in India as there are a lot of online options available to buy your binoculars from. After searching some local shops in the place around Delhi where I live I just gave up and decided to ask my close friend’s brother who lives in Ohis, US to get me binoculars.


It took some effort as it can be costly affair if you apply that conversion are of 50 rupees. That means binos for 200 dollars is about Rs.10,000 in India. That is one third of my salary gone for purchasing that. But as they say passion does not acre about money and hence I went online got a whole lot of information on Binoculars on the net and finally decided on which I have told my acquaintance to order.


He is visiting India in June and I will have to wait till June to feel that binoculars. I am already planning my next trip to the Ranthambor sanctuary.

In fact I found out about a good outdoors camping gear site which is very good and very informative.

As on that I must mention about some good sites that I found at least as far as the information is concerned and these sites are the
http://www.chuckhawks.com/


Consumer Search site is a best source to find out about various ratings.
http://www.consumersearch.com/binoculars


These three are what I liked and in no way mean that these are the best ones. There are a lot of others written by some well known binocular and birding experts which are by all means the best. Again for the sake of repetition I will mention that there I will be posting the links to some good outdoor bloggers, hunting bloggers and the birding experts. Also will try to find out something some good outdoor blogger writers in India.



I ordered the Nikon Monarch ATB 8x42. the approx price will be in the range of $200.The best thing to happen is that it will be finally something that is worth the money and I will be able to enjoy my outdoor trips.


Here are the specifications for that

Product Features

Ultra rugged, rubber-armored, roof prism design

Multicoated lenses for bright, clear images

Precision aligned optics for extended viewing

100% Waterproof/Fogproof

Extended eye relief and

central focus for viewing convenience

Technical Details

Focusing System: CF

Magnification: 8xObjective Diameter: 40 mm

Angular Field of View Real: 6.5

Angular Field of View Apparent: 52FOV at 1000 yards: 340 feet

Close Focus Distance: 8.2 feet

Exit Pupil: 5 mm

Relative Brightness: 25

Eye Relief: 19.5 mmSize: 6.5 (L) x 5.1 (W) inches

Weight: 26.3 ounces


If you need to have the definitions of what all of these means there are those websites which I mentioned.
Update: I found another website which is also good at articulating the basics in a simple manner and not too technical though funnily it says best hunting binoculars as its main site title.