Nikon Sports & Marine 7x50


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Nikon Sports & Marine 7x50
Initially, I purchased($274 from Focus Camera) the model with compass and rangefinder...big mistake, as the view was not unlike that of looking through a periscope onboard a submarine. The rangefinding reticle stood right down the center of the view as a young deciduous in winter, with the compass taking up the bottom 1/4 of the view...dreadful. The Nikon #7443 is thus specialised for boating, hunting and the like. I wanted a pair for astronomy, and general daytime observation, and without paying $650+ for the Prostars.

I promptly returned the #7443's and bought the NON-compass and NON-rangefinding model, the Nikon #7442($214 from Focus), which are, in a word(s), very good; a bit heavy though, to be expected, and made in Japan. They're not
Prostars, but a most happy compromise indeed, as I took what I would've spent on Prostars, added just a wee bit(okay, maybe a bit more than that) and bought a 4-inch Vixen achromat in their stead.

(Note: My vote of "8" for the optics was cast conservatively,
as they're really very good, if not excellent.)

Alan W. Craft
NW Mississippi

Overall Rating: 9
Optics:8 Value:10
Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote)
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