Nikon 7234 Action 10-22 X 50mm Binoculars
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Manufacturer: NikonModel: 7234
Color: Black
Product features:
- 10-22x50 Action Zoom XL Binocular
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Nikon 7234 Action 10-22 X 50mm Binoculars
Customer Review: Great binoculars IF they arrive problem free!
Summary: 4 Stars
For Christmas I wanted to give a friend my pair of Tasco 8-20x 50mm binoculars and upgrade myself to these higher quality Nikons. I *am* glad I did this even though it was pretty scary for a moment there. Right out of the box I knew these had a major problem, and fortunately I am a tinkerer and eventually fixed it myself. My warning to you, the consumer, is that you may not find this level of repair so easy to perform, and so this might be beyond you. I also gather that this is probably a rare problem, so... be your own best judge.
What happened was, I took the binoculars out, and aimed them across my room to see if I could mayyyybe get the far wall into focus. Of course it didn't work, most binoculars will NOT focus that close, but I was goofing off and decided to try anyway. When I found that I couldn't achieve focus, I pushed the zoom lever to see if I was at minimum zoom for closest possible focus. That's when I first noticed that only one side was zooming! At first I thought I'd stumbled into a very special binocular model that required some assembly step or special handling that I'd ignored, being severely male. I checked everything I could think of and discovered that no, this was not the case. Even worse, during all my fiddling I discovered that aiming them at the floor would cause both sides to work, but they were now badly out of sync and one side would be so zoomed in while the other side was either zoomed in closer or wider. I determined correctly that something was loose... but I didn't have a clue what to do so I began researching returning them. The feeling I could fix it myself though became too much and I again took the rubber eyecup off the afflicted side and had another look. I noticed that the outermost part of the eyepiece assembly was threaded, so I gave it a strong twist and found my problem - the glue had broken free and the assembly was slightly loose. I then unscrewed it totally and found the rest of the problem - the zoom assembly inside the eyepiece barrel fit in place by interlocking metal "fingers" that lock into groves in the plastic barrel. What was happening is the zoom assembly was slipping out of these grooves and not rotating with the rest of it, so it was staying still while the good side did it's job, then if you tilted the binoculars down, the assembly would slip into it's grooves and begin working, but now badly out of sync with the good side.
Happy Ending
I took the pair of binoculars into the bathroom, got some alcohol and tissue, cleaned up the mess I made of the lenses while poking around with the internals, and messed with various positions of realignment until a view of a streetlight out the window looked approximately the same eye for eye, and then I TIGHTLY screwed the eyepiece assembly back together. With a mega sigh of relief (I did NOT want to go through a return!), I used them properly for the first time with no problems, and found them to be all I'd hoped.
Now a proper review:
These are great binoculars for their class, which is of course the big-and-heavy power monger's class of zoom binoculars. They do weigh your arms down a little after long term use, but heck... if you don't want this level of ability, then get something smaller, or deal with it. It's a fact of life with present lens technology - big glass is heavy. Aside of that, they are super easy to use. The zoom lever is fluid enough, no serious draggyness, and the focus wheel thingee is SO fluid it's like it's a real joy to use compared to the Tasco "Zip Focus" I was used to that required about 5 times the force to move. Ok sure, it's slower to get into focus by about two seconds, whoopie... but it's more precise and dreamy easy to move. The light grasp is what I'd expect from 50mm binoculars, maybe a hair brighter than the Tascos but I can't verify that as they now belong to a lovely blonde woman and aren't around at the moment haha. The image clarity definitely appears to outdo the Tasco binoculars, go figure as those originally cost me about $60 or so. Solidity is about typical, with a somewhat uncomfortable give to the right eyepiece assembly... which made me a little paranoid because that was the side that had the looseness problem. However, I don't think it's a problem at all and you never notice it in use... only noticeable if you deliberately push while looking at it. They're very solid, feel good in the hands. The whole thing is rubber armored, great if you're clutsy. The range of zoom is pretty much perfect, as they go... 10x is a good low shake and decent field view, where 22x is pushing the shaky limits but hardly unusable, and at 22x the field is nice and wide. Probably the best feature is the focus adjustment on the left side eyepiece, which is great if you have slightly different vision between your two eyes, which I do. Another interesting thing, speaking of this, is that I was actually able to focus these things with my contacts out! Not amazed? Try these numbers then - I am badly nearsighted... my contacts are -5.00 left eye, -6.00 right eye. That translates to clear vision at about 8" or less with my contacts out, and no I am not kidding. These binoculars actually let me focus them sharply in maximum zoom for my eyes with my contacts OUT. Crazy. :-)
Additional items of interest... these come with a nice tripod bracket for easy peasy mounting to a standard camera tripod for shake-free viewing. Nice touch, guys at Nikon! Thank you! Carry strap and case are also included, again nice touch considering I thought they didn't come with a case.
Overall? Scary first impression, nice finish! I like em a whole lot and knowing what I know now about binocular repair (behold, my resume grows ever larger), I'd do it all again in a heartbeat. :-)
Description of Nikon 7234 Action 10-22 X 50mm Binoculars
The Nikon 10-22x50 is a great bang-for-the-buck porro prism binocular, the Action series by Nikon feature knobby rubber armored housings. Their high-refraction prisms feature wide fields of view. And every Action model has a tripod adapter threading for easy extended glassing from a stationary position. The zooming 10-22x50 model is intended for both lowlight viewing at the shorter end of the zoom as well as distant observations in better conditions. This is a full sized binocular at home on a support of some kind, with an incredible range coupled with light-swallowing 50mm objectives.
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