Olympus Binocular 10x 50 DPS-1 - Black

Torn between Nikon and Olympus, I already have three pairs of Nikon Action binoculars. These Olympus 8x40 are superb, pin sharp, fantastic clarity. For the money just over 70 pound there a super buy. You won't find better at this price point. The Nikon are very good, but for quality v's price these binoculars are excellent. Intended use is bird watching. Just received the 10x50's and there equally good. I have Nikon binoculars, but for price point to quality, I don't know how they can offer these 10x50's for such a low price. The Olympus s series binoculars are as good build quality as the Nikon Aculon and the Nikon Action binoculars. Fantastic image and build quality.

Just got back from a cruise down the Norwegian Fjords and enjoyed looking at the scenery through my old binoculars but realized that they weren't really all that good, so when I got home I treated myself to a new pair of binoculars. The cruise was fantastic and I would happily go again - especially now I have the new binoculars; oh why did I not think of buying them before the cruise!!Compared to my old binoculars (which were supposedly 12 x 50)...... well there is no comparison. The clarity of vision is such that I can see things way way in the distance, perfectly clearly - things that I would have no chance of seeing with my old binoculars - and the field of vision is much wider than my old ones.Just looked out over the fields at the back of my house and seen (small) birds flying around in crystal clear vision - could see their markings very clearly. Not being a bird-watcher I had no idea what they were (although definitely not sparrows, blackbirds, pigeons, gulls, magpies or starlings - or robins - or owls - or eagles) but they were good to watch and almost converted me to being a twitcher! Might even become a train-spotter now! Will have a look at the moon later tonight.If you buy these binoculars you will not be disappointed - not for the price, anyway. I can't say this for certain, but I am pretty sure you could pay a lot more and not get much better quality of vision. OK, not the cheapest you can buy, but certainly not expensive. I bought my old binoculars years ago, but obviously did not pay much for them! The difference is truly amazing.Update:I have now had the binoculars for a couple of weeks and "sold" them to a friend - not physically, but I think she is now going to buy two pairs, one for her husband and one for her brother, she was that impressed.Having bought these, I began to wonder, "have I got a really good bargain here?" and have spent some time researching the matter even more than I did before I bought them! My conclusion is yes, I have got a bargain. For £65 these binoculars are exceptional and, having now used them a lot over the two weeks I have owned them, would say that if I had paid £100 (or even £150) for these binoculars, I would still think I had got a bargain and be very pleased with my purchase!So, if you are thinking of buying a cheaper pair, think again - the extra £10, £20, £30 that you spend on buying these binoculars will be money well spent. And if you are thinking of buying a much more expensive pair of binoculars, also think again. Buy these and you could save yourself hundreds of pounds. OK, if you need a really, really good pair for some reason (perhaps because of your job), it might be worthwhile you spending that extra money, but for the vast, vast majority of us, these binoculars are all you will ever need (for whatever purpose you need them for). They give fantastic quality of vision at a very (very) reasonable price. My old bins have been binned with just one regret - why did I put up with them for so long!

Amazing for the price - I bought 'second hand' from Amazon Warehouse which I heartily recommend - this item is 'new' in every respect but the box. I have bought several Amazon Warehouse products over the years and never been disappointed. These are solid 'full size' binoculars and quite heavy, so perhaps not for everyone, but I love the 8-16 zoom facility rather than having a fixed zoom. The image is crisp and sharp at any zoom level. The purists suggest that a variable zoom compromises quality but in my view these are ideal for animal spotting; start with the lower zoom and simply go closer by adjusting the zoom lever. Overall these feel very high-quality with smooth focus wheel and zoom lever.

Just received these bins and took them out for a first field trip. First things first though; the strap which comes with them is worse than useless, it's positively dangerous for the binoculars. If I were to use this strap I would want to stitch or staple the ends to make sure they don't slip free, which I'm sure they would if left as they are. I just threw the strap away and used a quality neck strap I had spare..Right, the binoculars, they are outstanding value for money. You expect a good image with Porro bins, but these exceeded my expectations by a long way for what I paid for them and I did a big 'WOW' on first use. They feel good in the hand as well, comfortable and solid. I found the focus wheel just about right, if anything a little on the stiff side, but rather that than sloppy. The rubber eye cups are fine for me, but I could understand if some might find them a bit softish. They're in the average weight range for Porros at 850g and with the good quality wide neck strap I used I didn't find them tiring at all.After the quick initial field trip I spent a whole day with them round my neck walking the cliffs around my seaside home observing everything from hovering kestrels to a pod of dolphins rolling across the bay, a search and rescue helecopter doing what looked like training out at sea, and a big 3 masted 'tall ship' just about on the horizon. These binoculars returned an excellent image in all these different applications. They represent outstanding value money and I'd recommend them to anyone for general purpose use. By the way, they have 'Field 6.5' stamped on the side which if my trigenometry is about right should be around 56 metres at half a kilometer. I checked this using some prominent landmarks and using the Google Earth ruler on my PC at home found that the 56m field at half a kilometer is sopt on.So definitely 4½ out of 5 for these binoculars. Such a pity about the supplied strap. A decent strap would definitely raise them to a 5/5