Oberwerk 8x42 Sport ED Binocular

Excellent optics. they are collimated perfectly. A good value

Awesome binos for the price, clear image, no distortion, center focus, smaller/medium size. These are my go to binos due to their quality and size.

Amazon is quick on delivery today with the recommended Oberwerk 10x42 SE seriesI do note the focus tolerance sweet spot is tight in getting it just right but in the past when having the Zeiss and Swarovski there was a wider sweet spot of that perfect focus, being more open to needing to be right on it, if that make sense but for $372 out the door these are very sharp and the edge focus is great and don't see and CA so far.There diffidently worth every penny and Oberwerk glass has always been on the side of the birder and astronomer, good work! they will sell a lot of these.

I bought these binoculars for a trip to Africa. Several times guides asked to use my binoculars and were impressed with the quality. They’re a light enough that I carried them all the time and they gave me good close-up views of our sightings. Reviews compared these binoculars to ones over $3000. I’m very pleased with them and highly recommend them

I really wanted to like these, being that I'm in Ohio and they are made in the next town over, however, they have some immediate things that, compared to my Vortex Viper 10x42 HD, are obvious. First is the narrow perceived field of view when looking through the Oberwerk. It's very noticeable when I look through my Vortex; the picture is bigger, more expansive, and much more pleasurable to experience. The Oberwerk also has a noticeably flatter looking picture (depth of field), meaning very little depth perception looking at various objects in the same line of sight set and at different distances. I looked down my street at a white and blue mailbox, which I know for a fact is 120yds away, and the Oberwerks appear to be 1-1.5 x less magnification or 9x. Very surprising, as the vortex seems to be much closer to a true 10x magnification. These Oberwerks did, however, seem a tick brighter, but that's about it. I also had to ding them for not having a locking diopter ring, which at this price point should be standard bc the diopter ring on these is easily moved, and grabbing them for a quick view, your chances of being out of focus are high. If that's not something that can be added, at least make the diopter ring 20x stiffer to rotate. Fit and finish are good, and they feel good in the hands. With that being said, and having owned many comparable binos(Leupold, Nikon, Pentax, Athlon) at this price point I feel these are just average for what you get and there are better choices for the $400-$500 price point.