APM 20/40x100 45 degrees Binos...

Hi!
I am woundering if anyone have had the oppertunity to try out this 20/40x100 45deg. binos from APM Germany,how well do they preform under the stars? Ive orded a pair for 4 month ago and they showed up in Sweden where i live today. I got tierd of waiting so i bought APM:s 25x100 insted and i like them. What should i do sell the 25x100(500$) and buy the 20/40x100 45 deg. for 1200$? I mean is it worth it??? I dont know, Please help me...

Clear Skies / Anders Asp

Anders,

You should read Markus' comment about the 45 deg/100mm Miyauchii clones on this forum a few days ago. Burgess and Oberwerk have the same model. They all had problems with the first shipment. Oberwerk has decided to remove this model from their web site till the QC problems can be resloved. The thread is on this page(July9.10,11)

In addtion to problem with the prism holder this pair also have narrow FOV even at 20X. I believe the FOV is less than 2.5 degs. I guess there is a trade of between having 45 deg eyepiece and wider FOV.

Erik D