Sunday 23 March 2014

KERN Pizar 6X24 AR

This little and lightweight binoculars will always stand in the shadow of 8X30 Pizar. Although it is not so bright neither has so neutral colours, it offers an amazing view and much better view comfort. Comparable to 6X30 Silvarem, Pizar has much better contrast, better sharpness and more neutral colours. Even if its FOV is declared only 120 m / 1000 m, I can not see any significant difference to Silvarem with 150 m / 1000 m. An interesting observation! There is one not so positive review of 6X24 Pizar. But be careful, I describe the AR (coated) version, which I use as family trips binoculars.







Saturday 22 March 2014

CARL ZEISS Silvarem 6X30

Silvarem is Deltrintem's older brother,  produced between 1910-1975. Except for lesser magnification they share the same built quality and good optics. They also have the same field of view (150 m / 1000 m). This means that with Silvarem you can see the same image slightly more distant and view circle is smaller. That's why it does not impress as much as 8X30 wide angle binoculars. Silvarem's sharpness goes much further to the edge of the image, and should be a bit brighter at low light. This Silvarem is a newer version, which is much lighter than the original Silvarem and its eyepieces are shaped a little differently.






Second opinion: WpgBinoculars (older version)

Monday 10 March 2014

HENSOLDT Sportglas 8X30

Sports cars are lightweight, so is the Hensoldt Sportglas. Weighs only 432 g! This is a great achievement for center focus 8X30 binoculars made somewhere between 1936 and 1943. For example, the same size Deltrintem weighs 100 g more. It's not the brightest binoculars around, let's say average. But its colours are very neutral and center sharpness is pretty good. Brown leather looks quite unique.