Binocular to watch bird or football?
If you are planning to go bird watching in the Bird Park at Lake Garden, it is better that you are well equipped, and one of the most important pieces of equipment will be binoculars. Now birding binoculars come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, and it is essential that you know how to interpret some of the specifications that you should find written on any decent pair of binoculars.
On all good birding binoculars you will find a pair of numbers separated by an “x”, for example 10 x 50. But what exactly do these figures mean? Well, the first figure indicates the magnification of the binoculars, in this example the magnification is ten times, so 5 x 50 would indicate a magnification of five times.
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The second figure is the diameter in millimeters of the objective lens - that is the lens that is at the wider end of the binoculars. The wider the objective lens, the more light that is let into the binoculars. So a 10 x 40 would let in more light than a 10 x 20 - in fact it would let in four times as much light because that depends on the square of the radius.
Now these two figures are very important when going about choosing a pair of binoculars.
However, don’t forget! Another important thing that you should consider while buying birding binoculars is the price. Hahaha.
Don’t forget, you can also use the binoculars to watch Manchester United play at Old Trafford too!

