Nikon ACULON A211 10-22×50 Binoculars – Zoom – Black

***I am in favor of big name brand manufacturers designing and building products for the average consumer in a less than pro standard budget. However, Nikon is associated with Japan’s uncompromised quality, build an precision. In this particular case, they nust placed their big name on a Quality Chinese pair of long eyes. No Nikon glass, and no Nikon precision manufacturing standards.Don’t get me wrong, if you are an outdorsman, you could still use them, but don’t expect a true Nikon performance rivali g tbe Big German and Austrian names.Soccer Moms should be so very happy and content with these binoculars. They come in a mid level elegant case, but unfortunately not very secure. It can open accidentally if you’re not careful. Bird watchers also will find it useful, but only in the lowest powdr setting. The Zoom design, anyway, is not all that great. No precision and likely unreliable for anything beyond the most marginal use.All in all, they are great on a generic name, but marginally OK when you expect a Nikon optical product.One thing to consider, however, if you, as I, decide to feturn it and invest in a German name; You will pay at least five fold the price. I have a need for the German name Extra Low Dispersion glass, and the precision along with the indistructible build quality, therefore, It is well worth my investment to go the German route.***

These binocs rock! I had a smaller pair from a different manufacturer but wanted to go ‘bigger’I am an amateur photographer (NIkon DSLR) and really enjoy photographing wildlife. Particularly birds of prey.But birds of prey are sometimes shy and also nest and sit in high places. These bad boys will zoom in to where you need to goThey are a bit heavy, but that’s the price you pay for the extra power (channeling Tim Allen. . . UUUUGGHHHH..power)I saw another review complaining about a sometimes wavy image. But when you are viewinglong distance heat waves are going to be a factor. That’s not the spec’s fault. That”s just natureI’ve really enjoyed them so far. And Nikon makes top notch products

The binoculars are well made and the optics are great. Compared directly to a previous pair of 12x binoculars or a different but popular brand these appear brighter by nearly 1 stop at 12x. The 1 stop brightness seems to extend close to 16x mark after which they lose perhaps 1/2 a stop of light. Having the ability to go to 22x is great but at that magnification I observed a little bit of purple fringing and aberration on the edges of high contrast subjects – not a dealbreaker but just something to be aware of. For the photographers amongst you, these are not at par with the high cost high magnification camera lenses in terms of optics but then they cost just a fraction of what those cost and yet come close (when magnified unto 16x). In the 18x-22x range I would compare them to basic kit lenses of lower end consumer grade cameras. Overall I would rate then as great considering their relatively low cost (when compared to camera lenses).

I did a lot of research on binoculars like Bushnell, Celestron, Olympus and even Solognac decathlon product for near about a month or so and finally settled with Nikon Acculon 10×50 MC layer Bak4 german made lens. This Binocular is Beast!! The fit n finish of binocular is impeccable. Yon can see the landscape, buildings, mountains so clearly which cannot be visible with your naked eyes. It’s really awesome. And there’s really no abbreation at all. No shaking nor distorted images. Coming to Cons: 1) Little bit heavy but ok manageable with strap and tripod. 2) No waterproof 3) No Antifog feature. Rest all good. Overall its a VFM. Perfect binocular. I give 4.5 Star’s. I totally recommend it.

I have had them for two years now. This pair of binoculars work perfectly fine for me. The only problem I have is they are a little bulky while traveling and feel heavy around the neck if you are going to be out all day or hiking with them. Other than that, no complaints. Olympus in the same range would also do, its slightly on the lighter side.

I wanted to like these, I really did. I even unboxed them after I had decided to return them, for one more try…but to no avail. They just don’t work for me. After much research and agonizing over whether to spend the extra money to buy Nikon over Bushnell, it seems that I made the wrong choice. The very first thing I noticed when I tried them was the very finicky eye relief (much more so than my other two pairs of Bushnells). It was hard to keep a picture at 10 power, and I saw slight color fringes around the bare branches of a tree I was focused on (isn’t that only supposed to happen around the edges of the image, not in the middle?). Then I zoomed in, and lost the picture *completely*. I tried again and again, but there was literally no position I could hold these in that would show me the entire view; if I held them completely, perfectly still and at exactly the right distance and angle from my eyes to the eye cups I could get maybe 85-90% of the full view, but only for a second or two. So disappointed in these. I must have received a bad pair. 🙁 The reason for two stars instead of one is that, other than the obvious failure to perform, these binoculars really do look and feel like quality instruments.

(Writing review after 15 days of use. )This binocular has excellent optics. I hardly notice any sort of color fringing even on a bright sunny day. The nighttime performance is flawless as well. This is just perfect for terrestrial viewing. I also looked the moon using these binoculars and the moon just looked amazing. I could spot the craters and all and the clarity was amazing too. Even in the heavily light polluted skies of mumbai, i was able to identify the constellations using these binoculars and a skymap. You can see stars that are not visible to the naked eye due to light pollution. e.g. I was able atleast identify identify two star clusters. I was also able to see jupiter. The image did not reveal any detail ofc just a bright circular object with 4 moons visible as stars around it. It was an amazing experience. Far Beyond what i was expecting while purchasing these. The apparent size of jupiter was say a quarter of the size of the moon as seen with your naked eye.Do purchase a tripod to use with these binos. Adaptor for the tripod is supplied with the binocular. (Amazon Basic tripod worked well for me.) The binoculars provide very good resolution and not getting a tripod would really be a waste of the full potential of the high quality optics inside these.Tested features:Field of View 66 meters at 1 km. FOUND TRUEGud eye relief : upto 1 cm it seemsMost extreme usage: Reading the board at of a high rise building at 8 km distance. Positively Identifying (but barely due to pollution) features on mountain range ridgeline at 18-19 km distance.What it cannot be used for easily: The field of view does not have graduated markings, so you have to eyeball the size of features visible in your view at a distance. You’ll have to take a picture and then measure.2. Getting a picuture via a mobile phone camera is very difficult at 22x zoom without using a mounting adapter. I used “Smiledrive Universal Mobile Phone Binocular Telescope Adapter Mount”. It gives okayish performance. Gets the job done atleast. You may go for something more expensive maybe for better performance. Or get the adaptor at a shop by actually testing it on the binocular.FYI: (10-22 x 50) means the binocular has a lever which can be turned to change the optical zoom from 10x to 22x and the aperture of the objective is 50mm.

Nikon delivers excellent clarity and good reach in Aculon 10×50 binoculars.Pros:1. 10x magnification provided a very good reach of distant wildlife2. 10x is a good starting point for star gazing. The objective of 50 makes it better for night sky watching, though it makes the views a little brighter during daytime.3. The field of view is wide enough. I chose this over Aculon 10-22x as 10×50 had higher field of view than 10-22x, at 10x.4. Beyond 10x, it gets quite shaky for very distant objects like moon. The 10x is used by my 8 year old kids who enjoy them.5. Focusing is easy and smooth.Cons:1. A little brighter views during sunny days due to higher objective.2. Nikon provided strap for the binocular, but not for the bag, which would have been helpful.