Product Description

Bushnell Powerview binoculars offer contemporary styling and design with traditional Bushnell quality and durability. A variety of styles and features appeal to a wide range of users from students of nature to concertgoers. Outstanding light transmission through fully coated optics ensures bright, crisp clear viewing. The compact porro prism series provides great durability and performance in a smaller size.PRODUCT FEATURES: Fully coated lens coating;Fold down eyecups;New body style.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11508 in Sports & Outdoors
• Color: 12X25 Porro
• Brand: Bushnell
• Model: 13-9225
• Dimensions: 5.00" h x 5.00" w x 5.00" l, 1.00 pounds

Features

• Ideal for stadium sports, outdoor, general use, hunting, and bird watching
• Fully coated lens
• Fold down eyecups
• Magnification: 12x, Objective lens: 25mm
• Porro Prism System

From the Manufacturer
Travelers, nature observers and concert goers take note: The PowerView series offers the largest line of Bushnell quality, affordable binoculars. No matter what your purpose, you'll find a variety of magnifications, styles and sizes, and fully coated optics for bright, vivid images.

The porro prism line-up provides great durability and performance in an attractive "traditional" porro prism design. Compact to full-sized, the contemporary styling houses fully coated optics. Suffice to say, images are crisp, clear and bright - even in low light. Affordable for any and all interested in magnifying life to its fullest.

Specifications for this Bushnell binocular include:

• Magnification: 12x
• Objective lens: 25mm
• Field of view at 1,000 yards: 235 feet

Tech Talk
Objective Lens: The diameter of the objective or front lens. The larger the objective lens, the more light that enters the binocular, and the brighter the image.

Field of View (F.O.V.): The side-to-side measurement of the circular viewing field or subject area. It is defined by the width in feet or meters of the area visible at 1000 yards or meters. A wide angle binocular features a wide field of view and is better for following action. Generally, the higher the magnification, the narrower the field of view.

Porro Prism System: In porro prism binoculars the objective or front lens is offset from the eyepiece. Porro prism binoculars provide greater depth perception and generally offer a wider field of view.

Customer Reviews

A nice little pair of binoculars.
A nice little pair of binoculars. I particularly like their contoured shape, which makes for a secure grip and a very comfortable feel. These will be a welcome companion on hikes in the woods, as well as trips to the theater.

A technical note which you should feel free to ignore: The Tech Talk section of the Product Description above claims that "Porro prism binoculars [like these] provide greater depth perception. . ." That statement may not be strictly true. What I see with these is an effect that 3-D photographers used to call "cardboarding," in which the apparent depth of an object is "compressed" along the line of sight. For example, a tree trunk looks flat rather than round, as if it were a cardboard cutout. This distortion is particularly noticeable in nearby objects. The effect may be due to the high magnification combined with the fact that the objective lenses are closer together than the eyepiece lenses, just the opposite of the situation in normal [non-miniature] binoculars, where the objective lenses are further apart than the eyepieces.

What more could you ask for??
These are great!! I just got them yesterday and spent some time testing them out.
What more could you ask for?... light weight, comfortable grip, easy to use and in the perfect price range. I was also very excited to see it came with a neck strap and carrying case. :)

--Great buy and I can't wait to take them on my next camping trip!

Binoculars: Easy to use and lightweight
These Bushnell "binocs" will serve us well when the birds return this spring. We plan a cruise to Alaska in May '09. They will also be a needed addition to our gear at that time. They are plenty poweful, light weight, easy to use. They do take a steady hand to hold still. We will take a tripod to minimize the movement.