Nikon ACULON A211 -10-22 x 50 8252 Binocular (Black)

This pair of binoculars, although slightly on the pricier side, is extremely useful and a must have for wildlife enthusiasts, especially birders. The binoculars has excellent image clarity and even in low light, objects, birds such as owls perched high up in the canopy can be spotted without much difficulty. Very easy to use.Some cons I could think of that are that:1) it could have been slightly smaller and lighter but I personally did not find it a constraint to use.2) the lens covers at both ends should have some feature to remain attached to the binoculars itself. This is important because when walking through forests and jungles, the branches may scratch against the lenses. I, could easily carry the covers in my pant pockets, but it is an minor inconvenience.3) The binocular case is of good quality but lacks a handle or a strap. Putting a strap to the case would have made carrying the binoculars easier and also solved the above problem.But that does not prevent me giving the product a 5 star rating. It performs its primary functions extremely well- Awesome picture clarity, low light vision and ease of use.

A fine pair of binoculars. You can see detail on the Moon that you never imagined was there, many more stars become visible that are just not visible in light polluted areas like cities. I've seen, at most, 5 moons of Jupiter. They appear as points of light next to the small circle of light that is Jupiter, how many you will see depends on how light polluted your viewing area is and just how many moons are not behind Jupiter.Stargazing is a delight even though your hands will probably shake a lot and you will struggle to keep a good view of anything as small as a star.The collimation was off on my binoculars and when I took them to the Nikon service center, they said nothing was wrong and couldn't offer a fix.Please please please take care not to touch the lenses, the front lenses are hard to touch anyway, being set so deep inside the binoculars that you'd have to bend your fingers to touch them but if you do, be prepared to spend Rs. 621, yes that much, to have them cleaned.Water should never be used to clean these as unless you're using distilled water, which I have not tried, the water itself will leave marks that you cannot clean yourself and will drastically reduce the optical quality of the binoculars.The warranty only covers malfunctioning of the mechanical focus knob and nothing else, so it's pretty much as good as useless. Cleaning is not covered under warranty.When I received this, the seller had not filled out the warranty form inside so I was nervous about even getting any warranty at all but it turns out the only part that is under warranty is one that will almost never break anyway.I may have just gotten a telescope like the Celestron FirstScope which is both cheaper and gives better quality views of deeper space objects but then I would not have been able to track objects like comets and the many artificial satellites, including the International Space Station. I could see the solar panels of the ISS with these.Overall a good purchase that I'm happy with. I'd keep these and also get a telescope for those objects that are not fast moving.

(Writing review after 15 days of use. )This binocular has excellent optics. I hardly notice any sort of color fringing even on a bright sunny day. The nighttime performance is flawless as well. This is just perfect for terrestrial viewing. I also looked the moon using these binoculars and the moon just looked amazing. I could spot the craters and all and the clarity was amazing too. Even in the heavily light polluted skies of mumbai, i was able to identify the constellations using these binoculars and a skymap. You can see stars that are not visible to the naked eye due to light pollution. e.g. I was able atleast identify identify two star clusters. I was also able to see jupiter. The image did not reveal any detail ofc just a bright circular object with 4 moons visible as stars around it. It was an amazing experience. Far Beyond what i was expecting while purchasing these. The apparent size of jupiter was say a quarter of the size of the moon as seen with your naked eye.Do purchase a tripod to use with these binos. Adaptor for the tripod is supplied with the binocular. (Amazon Basic tripod worked well for me.) The binoculars provide very good resolution and not getting a tripod would really be a waste of the full potential of the high quality optics inside these.Tested features:Field of View 66 meters at 1 km. FOUND TRUEGud eye relief : upto 1 cm it seemsMost extreme usage: Reading the board at of a high rise building at 8 km distance. Positively Identifying (but barely due to pollution) features on mountain range ridgeline at 18-19 km distance.What it cannot be used for easily: The field of view does not have graduated markings, so you have to eyeball the size of features visible in your view at a distance. You'll have to take a picture and then measure.2. Getting a picuture via a mobile phone camera is very difficult at 22x zoom without using a mounting adapter. I used "Smiledrive Universal Mobile Phone Binocular Telescope Adapter Mount". It gives okayish performance. Gets the job done atleast. You may go for something more expensive maybe for better performance. Or get the adaptor at a shop by actually testing it on the binocular.FYI: (10-22 x 50) means the binocular has a lever which can be turned to change the optical zoom from 10x to 22x and the aperture of the objective is 50mm.