The Birdwatching is one of the most important areas of application for binoculars. Ornithologists or amateur birdwatchers lurk in nature and try to get beautiful and, above all, rare birds in front of their binoculars. Once you have a beautiful bird with its fantastic colours in front of the lens, four characteristics have to be right:
- Resolution of the binoculars - image sharpness
- Colour reproduction - absolutely true to life
- Brightness in coordination with the colour rendering
- Reasonable, pleasant edge sharpness - a little edge sharpness corresponds to the nature of the eye
- The largest possible field of view to experience the entire image spatially
Special requirements of ornithologists for bird identification and bird watching
The following is also required:Binoculars handinessOn the "Picture hunt" for birds it is very important that you have the binoculars quickly to hand and that they are not bulky. It is best if they can be gripped easily with one hand. Binoculars with thread on tripod and makes continuous observations. Then a weight of 1.6 kg, for example, does not matter. For all freehand observations, we recommend a maximum weight of 900 grams.Flexibility and focussing travel of the adjustment wheelWith the Birdwatching you have to pan back and forth a lot. Birds are almost always on the move. You have to Then frequently refocus the imageas the distance also changes frequently. With binoculars, it is therefore important that the focussing can always be adjusted very finely and, above all, without play. It is also very important that the focussing wheel does not have to be turned for too long to get the "fast image" in focus. This is best tested directly on the binoculars. It is important that the "Focussing speed of the rotation" The magnification has a direct effect on the rotational resistance. Binoculars focusing from: Binoculars with 7x magnification need to be focussed less often than 12x binoculars.
Binoculars image quality for birdwatching
The most important thing in birdwatching is image sharpness coupled with colour rendition!
Only if the Colours of the feathers as they really are is fun. High-quality coatings for prisms and lenses are essential. For roof-edge lenses, this means that the prisms must have a Variety of dielectric layers must have. Only binoculars with Porro prisms can do without this - but the small field of view prevents many people from using such binoculars for birdwatching.
Recommended binoculars for birdwatching
We recommend at least 10x magnification and a 42 mm objective lens for birdwatching.
