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    Posted: December/27/2006 at 12:50
Now I know this is the rifle scope forum, but the bino forum gets no press review.  Just went on a bear hunt for 3 days using my new pair of Olympus Magellan 10x42 EXWP roof prism binos.
Binocular Type Roof Prism
Magnification 10x
Objective Lens Diameter 42 mm
Exit Pupil Diameter 4.2 mm
Real Angle of View 6.0°
Apparent Angle of View 60º
Field of View at 1000 Yards 314 ft.
Relative Brightness 17.6
Eye Relief 15 mm
Diopter Adjustment Range Over ± 2m-1
Eye Interval Adjustment Range 60 ~ 70 mm
Near Focus Distance 9.8 ft./3.0m
Weight 23.3 oz./660 g
Dimensions 5.1 in. (W) x 5.7 in. (H) x 2.1 in. (D) or
130mm (W) x 145mm (H) x 53mm (D)
Lens Composition 9 elements in 6 groups
Coating Full Multi-coating; Phase-coating; UV-coating
Features Nitrogen-filled waterproof binoculars
Long eye-relief and adjustable eyepieces (twist up/down)
High-index BaK4 prisms
Environmentally-friendly lead-free glasses

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Absolutely fantastic.  The images were clear as a bell, free of any chromattic distortion, even at the edges.  Colors were incredible.  Without the binos, in the dense forests of eastern NC, there appeared to be no color to see.  But with these, there was more than you could imagine.  Depth of field was almost scary.  Glassing into the woods for movement was so easy and smooth.  I did not even want to look back through my Sightron SII.  I have looked through many a bino, before picking these and based on their perfromance and price, I was more than impressed in the field.  I truly do not believe I gave up anything compared to many binos, except for some extraordinarily high dollar models (Leica etc.).  But, even at near complete darkness, they were performing extremely well.  In addition, if a banged them once on a tree stand, I banged them 100 times and going throught the dense forest, as well as a hunting buddy placing them on the hood of a hot pick-up, did not faze them.  I only wish they came with flip up lense caps.  For the money they cannot be beat and you will have to spend alot more.

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What price range are we talking..... I couldn't find them on SWFA's site?
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I forget the list price, probably around 350, but got them for a little less than 200 dollars at an established on line retailer.  Another reason for the post, meaning, not only to give a short review and heads up on a good buy, but to let SWFA know that this is another line of binos that are very good quality at a very good price, that they should think about carrying.  Kind of like the Sightron line of scopes.

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