Leupold Binoculars -Leupold Compact Binoculars Compared

When a company like Leupold has a 100 years of experience with manufacturing a wide range of optics like binoculars, range scopes, spotting scopes and more, you can expect them to have a solid lifetime warranty on all of their products. Leupold engineers have refined optical components and purged the interior with nitrogen to ensure the highest quality lenses available.

Because my hands are small, I like compact binoculars. I also like binoculars to be lightweight and durable like the Olympic Compact Dual Hinge Series binoculars from Leupold. They fold especially small for packing. They are only 4.3 inches long and weigh less than 15 ounces.

The Katmai Compact binoculars offer full-size features and weigh only 18.9 ounces plus they are only 4.1 inches long. Both have fully coated lenses to provide the best clarity, light transmission and good contrast. Both have rugged and waterproof casings. I learned that all Leupold binoculars are fog-proof and waterproof and all of them have had their internal parts purged with nitrogen to ensure the best visibility and highest quality optical preparation.

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Birdwatching – Spring migrations and Birdwatching

Birdwatching and Spring Bird Migrations are ideal for high magnification birding binoculars. You also need to Look UP and Listen. These are times it is best to go birding with a group. What one pair of eyes might miss, another person might see or hear.

Once, I was on an early morning spring migration bird walk in western Pennsylvania. The area was an ideal mix of open fields, nearby streams, ponds and forested woodlands. The weather was damp and foggy. But these intrepid birders, both novice and experts, were prepared and did not complain. Read the rest of this entry »