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| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 4.0 inches | | Product Width: | 3.0 inches | | Product Height: | 2.0 inches | | Product Weight: | 0.33 pounds | | Package Length: | 4.9 inches | | Package Width: | 3.2 inches | | Package Height: | 2.3 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.65 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 8 reviews |
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5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
One thing short of perfect. Jul 11, 2009
By Ross A. Brunetti
"RB"
I've no problems with function and handling of the Macroscope, and the optics are what you'd expect from a quality roof prism unit...except for one thing. Somewhere in the optics path is a serious off-axis reflection source, a ghost image, so unless you have your eye precisely dead center, there's a nasty off axis ghosting. When you have your eye right on the center, the image is fine. Just a bit off axis, and the stray light ruins everything. So, you have to practice using it. When you get your eye on axis, this is a fine optical device.
I'm addicted to close focus monoculars. The switch from watching deer to birds to bees in flowers to ants and critters in pond algae is irreplaceable. The Brunton Macroscope's the best, but bulky. Some day, perhaps, some manufacturer is going to create a close-focus, image stabilized ,camera mountable monocular and make me very happy.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Excellent Quality Monocular Oct 06, 2007
By Kodiak
The Minox 8X25 is a great tool with very decent light capturing ability allowing good use in early morning and late evening. It is lightweight enough for me to carry frequently on mountain excursions. I found it easy to focus and I like its resistance to weather. The small stuffsack that comes with it is a little fumbly and really doesn't readily protect the entire unit quite as well as it could. If I could make one improvement, it would be to have removeable lense protectors. All in all, this is an excellent tool for me and is worth the extra expense compared to cheaper models. One thing to remember, .. a monocular is neither a set of binoculars nor a spotting scope and is more of a special use tool - lightweight compromise for telescopic viewing.
7 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 Not even close Jul 05, 2007
By S. Mason
I like to keep a small monocular in my truck for the times I do not have binoculars with me. I have tried several small and MUCH less expensive models over time and was never very pleased with them. I knew I was buying on the low end, and therefore getting low end performance.
I recently decided to go ahead and spend the money and get a good one. Knowing Minox cameras and other optics I figured that even though this was more than I wanted to spend even for a good one, at least I could put my quest to an end.
Not even close.
Nicely packaged and light enough, but slow and difficult to focus and sharpness / contrast was none to only MODERATELY better than the $40 Bushnell model I am currently using.
If I did not know the prices or the manufacturers and was given these and my Bushnell to test, and was then told that these were ... let's say... $10 more than the Bushnell... I would buy the Bushnell.
This is NOT an endorsement for my cheap Bushnell, as they are not great. It is just that these are only marginally better clarity, brightness, and NO better contrast, for about 4 times the price.
As for the macro capability, yes it does focus closer than the others I have used, but still with less than stellar clarity in any light. In anything other than bright direct sunlight it was difficult to use.
Being from Minox, I was VERY surprised.
Thanks to Amazon's return policy I was able to return them very easily.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Exactly what I wanted! Mar 16, 2008
By O.R.
I received it a few days ago and must say: I meets the description quite well. The image is (if focused correctly off course) very sharp from center to the edge, clear, bright and sports a surprisigly large field of view compared to other monoscopes I've tested so far.
There is off course the issue whith the very shallow depth of field at macro distance. But this is due to physics. To increase the depth of field you would have to close an iris inside the scope and that would make the image darker. (No, the scope does not have one)
Read the description carefully (maybe also on the minox home page) to see if this is what you want.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
A handy alternative for birders and perfect for dragonfly and butterfly watching Nov 09, 2009
By Christopher J. Sharpe
"Chris Sharpe"
Earlier this year on a trip to the UK with my six year old son, we found that his binoculars had been broken in transit. A pair of small binoculars seemed the obvious choice to replace them, and we examined several pairs, but he was taken by the Minox 8x25 Macroscope. Small and compact, it fit perfectly into his hand and clipped onto his belt when not in use. Furthermore, the optics looked superior to the binoculars we had tried, so we decided on it.
I was glad we did! He took his new Macroscope everywhere, using it to watch lizards, butterflies and dragonflies as well as seals and birds. This was a family holiday, and after a while I found that I was leaving behind my Leicas in the knowledge that I could always pinch the Minox if we ran into something unusual, so I ended up using it to check through gull flocks, confirm the identity of buzzards, examine butterflies and even do a bit of private seawatching while everyone else was in the Minack Theatre. Together, we enjoyed excellent views of a Peregrine harassing Rock Doves as we scrambled down a rock face where binoculars would have been out of the question. My conclusion is that the Minox Macroscope is both a good primary optic for kids as well as a handy tool to take on a walk when binoculars are just that little bit too bulky. I was very impressed by the optical quality, which was far superior to the similar sized, similar priced 8 x 25 binoculars we had tried. I wear spectacles and had no problem with the eye relief on the Macroscope - something that can be a problem with the smaller binoculars. The focussing wheel is well designed too - it takes just a short turn to focus, something that lends itself to use by children. I lead bird tours and on the basis of the optics of the Macroscope, I would be keen to try some Minox binoculars for myself.
Highly recommended for wildlife watching and casual birding!
Chris Sharpe, 9 November 2009
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