Are celestron skymaster 15×70 binoculars as good as 15×70 oberwerk binoculars?
Sunday, April 12th, 2009 at
1:53 am
Bernard Asked:
Are celestron skymaster 15x70 binoculars as good as 15x70 oberwerk binoculars?
Reply:
I'm no expert, but I'd go for the Oberwerk binoculars. If you plan on using them for astronomy, I'd also highly recommend a decent tripod so your neck and shoulders aren't in pain after a night of viewing. It will also give you steady images.
There are many favorable reviews for Oberwerk binoculars 15x70.
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The inexpensive Chinese big binoculars have pretty much wiped out the medium priced versions, though I think Orion still carries some of these. Be sure to get proper mounts for these, as they all are too heavy and too high magnification to hand hold. Some sort of parallelogram mount is best. Unless you make them yourself, the mounts will cost more than the binoculars!
I'm no expert, but I'd go for the Oberwerk binos. If you plan on using them for astronomy, I'd also highly recommend a decent tripod so your neck and shoulders aren't in pain after a night of viewing. It will also give you steady images.
There are many favorable reviews for Oberwerk 15×70s on http://www.cloudynights.com.