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Title: Olympus never should have released these
Review: It's hard to understand why a company with Olympus' reputation would put their name on these binos. One look at the numbers should tell you why, and a glance through them will confirm it.At low magnification they're acceptible, but zoom them to 30x and you'll get a dim, fuzzy image with little contrast and resolution. Looking at the specs it's nothard to understand why. With a magnification of 30x, but only 25mm of aperture you end up with an exit pupil of less than 1mm. That means that these binos don't transmit enough light to be usable in anything other than direct sunlight, and even then they'll deliver a less-than-ideal image.30x is really impossible in a pair of hand-help binoculars anyways; magnifications above 10x require a tripod for any kind of viewing. If you need compacts, buy a good pair of 8x21s or 10x30s. If size isn't a factor, buy a pair of 7x50s, and enjoy the bright, sharp image.
