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Originally Posted by capecodder1
Our house backs up to a preserve and we enjoy watching the birds, ducks, etc., but our binoculars are not powerful enough. We have Nikon7 by 35.
Recommendations for something a little more suitable ?
Thanks
Ernie
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I at one time used to sell optical goods and had binoculars. Like many things there are many choices. People sometimes do not understand what 7x35 means 7 is the power.
What you are looking at appears 7x closer. The 35 is the diameter of the exit lens-ability to gather light. Another common 7 power binocular would be a 7x50 and all things being the same it is roughly 3x brighter. It is of course bigger and heavier.
As you buy more powerful binoculars you also magnify shake and reduce the field of view-how wide you can see. About the most powerful binoculars you can hold would be about 10 power. You already have the 7x35 a good all purpose binocular. I would keep them. For more power, you might consider binoculars that come with a tripod mount or you can purchase adapters. You might consider zoom binoculars. A telescope.
Multi coated-beware that it is not meaningless advertising. There is optical goods out there where only the outside lenses are multi coated it does nothing but to make it more difficult to clean and subject to scratching. Multi coating does cut glare and gather more light but you want all elements multi coated.
Zoom optics. If, of good quality it can be good. On inexpensive stuff you loose brightness, contrast and resolution also the zoom can slip on its-own and be stiff in the cold.