Alpex 10 X 50

Advantages: Awesome build quality, easy to handhold,very high overall sharpness of image,neutral colour balance of image
Disadvantages: Close focus disappointing, some colour fringing in extreme contrast situations

...Having owned a pair of Leitz 10 x 40 BA/N Binoculars and sold them I had always wanted to own a pair of the newer style Trinovids. The catalogue issued by Leica waxed lyrical about the numerous improvements which had been made over the previous Leitz models. Obviously the first thing noticed was the improved shape and ergonomics,easy to handhold and focus.Now I'm comparing two different types of binocular as I'd previous owned a pair of 10x40 as opposed to the 8x50's. The main reason for a change was the ability to hold the 8x more steady than the 10x-but that is really the only comparison I have. Now the business side of things-the optical performance. Leica had clamed big things for it's new range of Binoculars involving new glasses and lens coating and also something called Phase-Correction coating of the prisms. Did it improve... Read review

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Advantages: Great
Disadvantages: Zilch

...A CRACKING CAMERA WHICH I WOULD recommend to everyone! Heres some more details: Features 2.3 Megapixel Still Picture Recording 10x Optical Zoom Leica Dicomar Lens 2.5" LCD Monitor Built-in flash SD Memory Card 1.7 sec. Quickstart Crystal Engine Specifications Power Supply - DC 7.9/7.2V Power Consumption - 3.6W(EVF)/3.9W(LCD) Weight (w/o Battery) - 420g Dimensions (W x H x D) - 71 x 73 x 126mm Image Sensor - Total - 1/6"; CCD x 3(800k x 3 pixels, Total) Image Sensor - Moving Picture( 400k x 3 - Still Picture: 530k x 3,Effective) Optical Zoom - 10 x Variable Speed Zoom Focal Length - 2.45 - 24.5mm Filter Diameter - 37mm 35mm Film - 47.1 - 420mm (Tape Mode)/41.1 - 411mm (Card Mode) Focus - AF/Manual Lens Brand - Leica Dicomar High Speed Shutter - Tape Mode:1/50 - 1/8000 sec. Card Mode:1/25 -1/500 sec. Backlight... Read review

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Advantages: Ease of use, sony quality
Disadvantages: Memory cards slightly expensive but can be re-used though

...The Sony MSC S50 is a versity camera with multiple choices of photo detailing and short video caption capabilities. Having been looking for a cmera for a while I decided to fgo for the S50, beening Sony i expected high quality, and ease of use, the 6X digital zoom is good and by the fitting of other lens such a wide angle lens which can also act as a better macro than the camera already has. It uses the Sony memory sticks to store the photos, it comes with a 4 MB stick and you can purchase upto 64 MB cards currently soon a 128MB card will be available. The 4 MB card holds 50 reasonble quality photos. The software allows easy download through a USB connection and easy minipulation of photos. It will record sound onto photos and with the video clips of 5, 10 or 15 seconds. It is also possible to connect to a TV via an A/V out connection... Read review

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