Also well worth noting is that this nose piece offers plenty of grip and so I found it would really help the glasses remain n position no matter where I placed them on my nose.

With most binoculars, you adjust the distance between the two eyepieces to match that of the distance between your eyes (IPD) by opening and closing a central hinge.

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I had also initially thought that these may be ideal to take to a gallery or museum, but with this relatively long minimum focus distance, this not the case, which is a slight shame. That’s the real question to ask of a binocular—how long do you want to spend behind it? The more and longer you use a binocular, the more objects—whether warblers or caribou—you’ll spot. There are few other pieces of hunting gear that have that outsized effect on your outcome. If the 8×40 isn’t for you, look to the SFL in 10×40, 8×30, and 10×30. Consider durability? We’re not proud to report that we abuse our optics in the course of a season, as we hike and hunt hard over uneven terrain, and unlike many media titles, we’ll report failures to our audience. The best field-worthy binos have excellent armor and rugged controls that work in below-zero temperatures, in rain, and when we’re wearing gloves.

I say this is worth noting because once again if I compare them to some sunglasses that have a harder plastic nose piece, this is a vast improvement on both the level of comfort and grip. I have found some cheap sunglasses to rather annoyingly keep sliding down my nose. This was not the case with these which is great. To be able to enjoy the whole show or sporting event without having to move your head about to follow the action, a wide FOV is critical and so this is another area (as well as not having to hold binoculars up to your face for the duration) where I feel the Kabuki Glasses have a major advantage over your normal opera glasses. The unit also pairs with Kestrel devices to get real-time wind direction and speed updates, and the on-board software calculates windage holds based on that information. The software also calculates angle of the shot, air pressure, temperature, and altitude, essentially giving you super powers as a lethal shot, whether at game animals or at steel plates.The ocular lenses have the same diameter of 13mm as the objective lenses, which is bigger than most standard opera glasses and comparable to many normal compact binoculars. A narrow view is one of the main problems associated with the design of Galilean binoculars and is one of the major issues I have with most opera glasses.