Binoculars...

[packercolinl]

for plane spotting.

My 10x50's aren't doing it for me

What I would like is something with a wider view to pick up aircraft in flight and a bit more range--20x?.

I have a nice spot overlooking my local airport but it is about 15 miles away.

There is a parapet at the right height for support but I don't want to go to a tripod situation.

Any help would be appreciated

Cheers,

Col.

P.S. Price is a consideration

[Ivan]

P.S. Price is a consideration

KOMZ / Baigish... russian milspec stuff. Good optics for a small price

[packercolinl]

Thanks for that,I'll have a look

Cheers,

Col.

[Ivan]

They have a 12x50 model if that is large enough... ebay has even larger tripod mounted ones... 50's cold war milspec stuff

[packercolinl]

Thanks Ivan,

I had a look at their website and saw the other binocs. I haven't looked deeply yet at makes,models,prices or where I'll get my choice from but your information has been very useful--I didn't know about KOMZ.

Col.

[packercolinl]

I have had a look around and at the moment I'm canning the project.

It looks like 12x50 is the best I can do without support or go for a better quality 10x50 even. I don't want to go to tripod mounted so I've limited myself in choices.

Even so,I had put a limit on my spending and my options are about twice my top limit.

Maybe later

Col.