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21.4.2019

SINCE THE RELEASE OF THESE BINOCULARS 10+ YEARS AGO I'VE PURCHASED THE SWAROVSKI 10X42 ELS AND THE ZEISS VICTORY HT 10X42.BOTH OF THESE BINOCULARS ARE OPTICALLY EXCELLENT. THE KOWA BINOCULARS SEEM TO HAVE BEEN UNDER PROMOTED AND I DIDN'T GIVE A THOUGHT TO TRYING OR BUYING THEM.BIG MISTAKE ON MY PART AS THESE KOWA BINOCULARS ARE THE EQUAL OF OR BETTER OPTICALLY THAN ANY BINOCULAR ON THE MARKET TODAY. BECAUSE OF THE PROMINAR LENSES THESE BINOCULARS ARE OPTICALLY AWESOME AND THE COLORS ARE STUNNINGLY VIBRANT .REVIEWS SEEM ALWAYS TO COMMENT ON THE WEIGHT ( SWARO ELS 10X50,12X50,GPO FLAGSHIP MODEL 12.5X50 AND THE NEW VORTEX RAZOR ULTRA HD 8X42) ARE OF EQUAL WEIGHT BUT NO MENTION IS MADE OF THIS.I'M A 70 YEAR MALE THAT USES PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND I CARRY SWAROVSKI ATX 95 + HEAVY DUTY CARBON FIBRE TRIPOD+ LUNCH A FLASK AND FIELD GUIDE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS CONTINUED MENTION OF THE SUPPOSED WEIGHT OF THE KOWAS HAS BEEN THE CAUSE OF THIS WONDERFUL BINOCULAR NOT ACHIEVING MEGA SALES. AS I'VE SAID IT IS THE EQUAL OF OR BETTER THAN ANY BINOCULAR ON THE MARKET TODAY AND "HALF" THE PRICE OF OTHER ALPHA BINOCULARS..TO ACHIEVE MAXIMUM OPTICAL ENJOYMENT THE TWIST UP EYECUPS MUST BE ADJUSTED TO THE CORRECT LEVEL FOR EYE RELIEF. IT TOOK ME 3 ATTEMPTS TO GET THE RIGHT POSITION. ALL THE OTHER BINOCULARS IVE USED MEANTME SETTING THE EYECUPS TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL.WITH THE KOWAS THIS WAS NOT THE BEST SETTING AND FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH ANY BINOCULAR THAT I HAVE OWNED IT WAS THE LOWEST SETTING.THIS SETTING GAVE METHE FULL FOV AND UNINTERRUPTED VIEWING.ALSO PLACE THE TOP OF THE EYECUPS AGAINST THE EYEBROWS WHICH WILL ASSIST IN OBTAINING THE CLEAREST OF VIEWS..(FOOTNOTE) DUE TO NECK OSTEOARTHRITIS I HAVE PURCHASED THE VANGUARD ENDEAVOR H1 HARNESS PRICE £24.99 FROM CAMBRIAN PHOTOGRAPHY.THE WEIGHT IS NOW DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN MY SHOULDERS AND BACK. ANY CONCERNS ABOUT CARRYING THESE OR ANY BINOCULARS WHEN SPENDING A DAY OUT BIRDING ARE FORGOTTEN. THE HARNESS IS WELL MADE, LIGHTWEIGHT AND UNOBTRUSIVE.(DAMN WITH FAINT PRAISE). I HAVE READ NUMEROUS REVIEWS WHICH ALL INCLUDE A "NEGATIVE" ASPECT AS PART OF THE REVIEW.THESE NEGATIVES ARE AS FOLLOWS.BANANA EFFECT (RUBBISH) .EYE CUPS TOO LARGE (RUBBISH) .FOCUS WHEEL COULD BE BETTER QUALITY AND WILL ATTRACT DUST? (RUBBISH).SUPERB TO USE AND NOT A SPECK OF DUST.RAIN GUARD COULD BE BETTER QUALITY? (RUBBISH) .IT'S A PERFECT FIT.THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE SO CALLED NEGATIVE ASPECTS SEIZED UPON SO THAT PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF WOULDN'T GIVE THEM THE "KUDOS" THEY DESERVE.FINAL THOUGHT. THE KOWA'S 883/884 SCOPES ARE CERTAINTY THE EQUAL OF MY ATX95 SCOPE AND THE GENESIS 10.5X44 USES THE SAME "PROMINAR" SYSTEM .THAT REALLY SHOULD BE THE CLINCHER.QUESTION? IF KOWA CAN PRODUCE AN ALPHA BINOCULAR FOR APPROX £1000 WHY ARE ZEISS SWAROVSKI AND LEICA TWICE THE PRICE.? "BUILD QUALITY" I HAVE NEGLECTED ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ATTRIBUTES OF THE KOWA BINOCULARS WHICH IS "BUILD QUALITY".LOOKING INTO THE BINOCULARS THROUGH THE OBJECTIVE LENS THE INTERNAL FINISH IS THE EQUIVALENT TO THE TOP OF THE RANGE NIKON CAMERA'S.NO OTHER BINOCULAR THAT I HAVE USED OR KNOW OF HAS THIS "CLEANESS" REGARDING THE INTERNAL WORKINGS OF THIS BINOCULAR.THIS BINOCULAR IN THE HAND FEELS "SOLID" AND QUITE CAPABLE OF LOOKING AFTER ITSELF.I WOULDN'T ADVISE IT BUT IF YOU CAN'T FIND A HAMMER TO KNOCK IN A NAIL LOOK NO FURTHER.INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY IT REALLY IS QUITE A BINOCULAR."CONCLUSION " DEPTH OF FIELD IS EXCELLENT AND MEANS VERY LITTLE ADJUSTMENT WHEN TRACKING GULLS OR RAPTORS. WHEN VIEWING AT APPROXIMATELY 400 METRES NO ADJUSTMENT IS REQUIRED FOR VIEWING GULLS/RAPTORS IN THE FAR DISTANCE. THIS SURPRISED AND PLEASED ME."FOV" IS COMPARABLE TO THE "ALPHA" BINOCULARS OF ZEISS,SWAROVSKI AND LEICA. "CLOSE FOCUS" IS 1.7 METRES OR IN MY CASE I WAS ABLE TO GET DOWN TO 1.5 METRES WHICH CAN'T BE BETTERED. WITH 44MM OBJECTIVE LENS THE VIEWING FROM DAWN TO DUSK IS BRIGHT AND CLEAR.I WAS CONCERNED WITH HOW BRIGHT THE IMAGE MIGHT BE AS THE ZEISS VICTORY 10X42HT ARE EXCEPTIONALLY BRIGHT BUT THE GENESIS WERE ABLE TO COMPETE SO MORE THAN HAPPY.IMAGE CLARITY IS QUITE EXCEPTIONAL AND DIFFICULT TO QUANTIFY BUT I CAN ONLY SAY THAN WHEN I PURCHASED THE FIRST ED BINOCULAR (NIKON EDG 10X42 RELEASED I BELIEVE IN 2008) I FELT THAT THE IMAGE COULD "DRILL A HOLE THROUGH A BRICK WALL".THE GENESIS GIVES ME THAT SAME FEELING. THESE ARE THE ONLY BINOCULARS THAT I HAVE USED THAT SEEM TO MAKE THE WHITE NECK PATCH ON THE WOOD PIGEON "GLOW". HAVING USED THE NIKON EDG BINS THE FIRST EVER ED SCOPE ( NIKON FIELDSCOPE 60 ) AND NOW THE GENESIS THE IMAGE REMINDS ME OF A COLD SUNNY WINTERS DAY CRISP AND SHARP.THE ALPHA EUROPEAN OPTICS REMIND ME OF A BRIGHT SUMMERS DAY A SHARP BUT SOFTER IMAGE.JUST MY OPINION. I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THE BUILD QUALITY WHICH CAN'T BE BETTERED. THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE GENESIS BINOCULARS SETUP (I FOUND) IS THE EYECUP ADJUSTMENT.TO GET THE FULL FOV THIS NEEDS TO BE SET CORRECTLY AT THE OUTSET. I BELIEVE THAT REVIEWERS HAVEN'T SET THE EYECUPS TO THE CORRECT LEVEL AND HAVE HAD ISSUES WHICH ACTUALLY DON'T EXIST. IE BANANA EFFECT ETC.THE GREEN RUBBER FINISH IS EXTREMELY TACTILE AND MAKE THE BINOCULARS A JOY TO USE.THE MOST COMFORTABLE BINOCULARS I HAVE USED ARE THE ZEISS VICTORY HT AND THE GENESIS .THE ELS AND ZEISS SF USING TWIN BARRELS AS GOOD AS THEY ARE OPTICALLY ARENT AS ERGONOMIC AND SO (IN MY OPINION) DO NOT PROVIDE THE MOST COMFORTABLE OR RELAXED VIEWING.IVE BEEN FORTUNATE IN HAVING OWNED APPROX 20 PAIRS OF ALPHA BINS IN THE LAST 30 YEARS THAT I BELIEVE I HAVE REASONABLE IDEA OF WHAT MAKES A REALLY GOOD BINOCULAR.PLEASE TRY THEM AND SEE FOR YOUR SELF.