Hi,

Can anyone recommend any lightweight 8x30 binoculars.Budget is $6-700.Thanks.Bruce

Zeiss Conquest 8x30 B T*
If you could afford a little more the Pentax 8x32 DCF ED or the demos at CameralandNY.

Some of my hunting buddies have the Zeiss 8x30's and they are good glass.

it is now probably too late, but I´m sure you have found out that you can´t buy a Zeiss or a Pentax within your budget. Try the Kowa 8x32 (http://www.opticsplanet.net/kowa-bd32-binoculars-8x32.html). It has been a test winner in several serious tests and while beeing just shy of the specs of Zeiss, Swarovski and other very expensive binoculars, the Kowa comes at half of their price. I have one myself and I am extremely satisfied with it´s performance.

I'd find a used set of swaro 8x30s or leica trinovid 8x32s.

I got a pair of 8x30 Zeiss just for mountain hunting many years ago. They work so well for me that I find I almost never use my Zeiss 7x42.

If I expect to be hunting very low light yes then 7x42 but the 8x30 works for all else.
I also have 8x20 Zeiss that I really only use ocationally and an old pair of Leitz that I have never used at all.

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Originally posted by handwerk:
I'd find a used set of swaro 8x30s or leica trinovid 8x32s.

+1

Used Swaro 8x30's on ebay for $400 to $600

My preference for light weight bino's is the Leupold Gold Ring 8X22 IF(individual focus).
The spotting scope that I pack is the Leupold Gold Ring 20X or 25X 50 Armored.

My lite binos are a pr of the Leupold Gold Ring IF 10x28 and are quite good for their size. I don't think they have been made for about 10 yrs or so.

Swarovski EL 10x32 or 8x32 - but out of your price range, but worth to wait and save money for them...

Even lightweight binos hanging from your neck can get heavy. The over the shoulders harness is great. Go to EBAY and find a pair of Bausch and Lomb Zephyrs 7x35 or 6x30---old ones made in Rochester NY and you wont beat em.

Zeiss 8x32FL also very good.
Can not go wrong.
I use shoulder harness and seems like you have got no weight on you.

Roberto

But what do all these glasses weigh? According to OpticsPlanet, the Kowas are 20 ounces - four more than my old 8x30 Pentax Porro prisms, which are twice the weight of my Nikon 8x25s.

The brilliance of the top-end binos has been largely lost on me when looking out the shop window, but I can certainly feel the weight of any 8x42s on my neck.

These are an option if you want light weight.
http://www.cameralandny.com/op...swarovskihabicht8x30

Cheapo Bushnell compacts. They're about the size of a ciggie butt pack. 8x -- 21mm, and they're cheap, $20. Mostly they're light, but then I'm not out to "glass." I'm out to hike.

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Originally posted by ozhunter:
These are an option if you want light weight.
http://www.cameralandny.com/op...swarovskihabicht8x30

I'm sure the Swarovskis are be a better glass, Adam, but 540 grams would seem to make them about 100 more than my old Pentax 8x30s.

- Paul

I have the Leica Ultravid 10 x 32 HDs and have been very impressed by them.

I have just received my Meopta Meostar 8x32. To say I am impressed is an undersatement! Incredible good binoculars. In the same category as my Zeiss Victory FL (10x42) and my Swarovski Habicht 10x40 W GA.
Their weight is 20.8 oz as Meopta Technical Data says.

Regards

PH

Have a look at Swarovski´s 500g weighting CL Companions...

http://www.titanium-gunworks.d...-8x30-companion.html



The only better ones are the EL 10x32 or 8x32 Swarovisions, which will be released in May (I have seen them yet and they are more then georgeous, but out of your budget)

http://www.titanium-gunworks.d...x32-swarovision.html

Redfeild Rebels are nice and compact and they are crisp and clear.

Hi,

No better at that price range than the Meopta Meostar 8x32 or the Swarovski Habicht 8x30 W.
Both weatherproof and built like a tank. I have used them and, at their price (or any price by the way), outstanding!

PH