I have a couple friends who bought the GR004's. I want something with a larger lens but I don't want the metal frames. Which glasses would you suggest
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Sorry but I don't know much about the difference in lens. I have only owned these ones. The lens are a pretty decent size. Just by looking at the picture of the GR004's it seems like these ones may just be larger.
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I really like the GR 801's. They're very flexible as long as you treat them with respect they do great. For the price I don't think you can beat them. I'm probably going to order a few more pairs just to keep around in case something happens ones that I have. I like them that much. They aren't really heavy or anything. They look good. And the lenses themselves aren't an obnoxious amber color. I have several pairs of firing range glasses and if I wanted to wear those, I'd wear those. The actual tint on the GR's is subtle but the perfect amount in my opinion and experience. I had severely burning eyes periodically and headaches before I bought these. After three days of wearing them that all started going away. Five days in completely gone. I wear them all the time now.
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Honestly, there are some available on ebay with buyer protection (but I understand why you would want to get it from the above places instead). The 70-200mm is a great lens, but if you have your heart set on this particular lens you should wait to get this one :)I just ordered one from ebay but I did my research on the seller first.
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Yes, and yes. But, a good pair of 10x50 porros are hard to beat for convenience and all-around astro use. Good field of view and good magnification for most binocular objects. 8x40s are also quite useful. Young eyes might be up to using a good pair of 7x50 under fairly dark (rural) skies. That said, to take a quick handheld looksee at the Moon or Jupiter or Mars or the Orion Nebula or Comets or Hawks or Gulls this pair of 12x60 is awesome in my opinion. And that said, but if I only had one pair of binoculars I would probably opt for a good 8x40 (8x42/44) pair of water/fog proof porro prism bins. The Bushnell Legacy and the Pentax PCF WP come to mind. Or a good pair of 8x40 roof prism bins. I wouldn't bother with any porro that didn't at least have Phase Coating PC for Astro use.
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You do need specific glasses. You need to buy the: TY-ER3D4MU GLASSES. They are not cheap the the 3D is Great!
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The binocs are great. I love the extending eye pieces, but don't use my glasses. I use mine to look at the night sky when I don't want to drag my telescope out. The only downside is they do get a bit heavy when holding them parallel to the Earth landscape (I typically lay in my sleeping bag and set them on my face). But, having looked at other large binocs-weight is the normal downside. The 10x50 wide angle is better preferred by the astronomy crowd-anything more and a tripod may be needed due to weight/instability. I've never had any fogging problems in the cold Wisconsin nights, I have not tested the waterproofing. The rubber coating is nice and these are very well built. Definitely recommend these to anyone.
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I love the 3.5 it does a great job with just natural light. But if you're using plenty of flash light the 4.5-6 will work just fine. I don't own the 4.5 so I can not say if the quality of glass is as good as the 3.5 lens.
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Blue lenses are excellent for all types of light. We currently have the +2.5 in stock but not the +3. Hope that helps.
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i found its a better piece of glass and you will only need one lens for all scenarios. I was constantly switching from one kit lens to the other, now I ack one lens and im good to go in most scenarios. I sold my kit lenses and got a nice 50m 1.8 for portraits and use this 18-200 for all other instances.
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While the 71008 may or may not be adjustable the 71012 is from 25x to 100x. My purchase has been a real source of joy, excitement, learning and revealing! My children frequently use them for lunar observing. My wife loves animal watching. One suggestion if I may. Purchase a quality tripod! The glasses are not light and for higher magnifications a good solid mount is a must in order to keep your objective is sight. It's well worth the money! I hope this helps and I hope you enjoy your glasses witchever way you choose to go.
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The glasses come with a prescription optical frame. You would need to take the frame to your own ophthalmologist for have lenses made to fit it.
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I love the Nikon Lens. I've learned that Nikon makes the glass for all of there lenses. The Nikon is a better lens in my opinion and you get what you pay for. You definitly should buy a UV filter to protect all of your lenses.
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I don't know why they couldn't? I would call up to your eyeglass place/Doc and ask them if they can to be sure. They would probably have to make custom lenses though, which may not be cheap, granted of course you already have the frame. I know I have brought in frames I have had to an eyeglass place and they made new lenses, so hopefully should not be a hassle.
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DLP link built in or a free standing DLP link will do it. Take note, the glasses they have for $5 more by Okeba have the large side pieces, that keeps out ambient light a bit better. However these are more comfortable as they are lighter. I have both and they both perform great.
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Get the 17-40mm and the 70-200mm f4 for less tha half the price. It's a two lens combo that is outstanding. The pictures are sharp,crisp, and saturated.
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It is all about quality. The L glass will deliver you a very well controled CA, good quality in the edges and a wonderful color retention. The 50mm f/1.4 is good and if you dont require the state of the art you will be good with that.
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It is not the "frame" size that matters as all frames sizes are the same essentially. The difference is in the "lens" sizes. si It is personal preference. I prefer the smaller lens size, but also own the larger lens size. My personal belief is that the small size is more popular. I've been wearing these glasses since I was in high school and have always prefered the smaller lenses. I loose them or break them all the time, so I usually order them 3-4 at a time.
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What are you wanting to know? They are both excellent lenses just depends on what you are wanting to do with them!!