Pentax 65807 8x40 PCF WP II Binocular

 (7 customer reviews)

These glasses are wonderful. They have excellent range, are very bright and have a wide field of view. They are small and compact. The eye rubber guards twist to retract and expand making the binocular even more compact and durable. The main finger focus in the center of the glasses is knobbed to give you easy control while focusing on objects and you can lock it to your set focus. The right eye focus turns and clicks into place so your right eye focus is always set to your individual need. It is an absolutely wonderful set of glasses and very durable.

I received these binoculars two days ago and have been putting them through the paces, indoors and outdoors. The temp. outside today was about 25 degrees fahrenheit, a partly cloudy winter day. I came across some Cedar waxwings and also a Downy woodpecker, the views through these Pentaxs' were great, I noticed the focus was very sharp and the Birds colors looked natural. During use I found that I could fairly easily track down the birds when looking through the binocs, and when they would fly from tree to tree I was able to keep track of them and re-focus when they landed. The view takes on a very detailed and three dimensional look through these, the depth of field is great and the Pentax PCF 8x42's lenses seemed to wrap around the birds and they just ' Pop' out at you, very impressive in my opinion. As to build quality, they are very sturdily built and comfortable to hold, these binoculars had a lot of thought put into them, from the focus lock switch, to the divets for your thumbs...Read more

I just received my pair of these Pentax binoculars yesterday. I purchased them off of Amazon on sale for $110 with super saver shipping. They arrived quickly and well packaged. Build quality of the binoculars themselves is excellent. Everything appears very solid. The only slight complaints I have in this department is that the diopter adjustment switch seemed quite tight at first. After working it back and forth a few times (almost seemed like I was forcing it) it loosened up quite a bit. Also the lens covers (both eyepiece and objective) fall off way too easily, almost no point even using them. I will probably store it in the soft case that it came with (which is very nice) and won't even bother with the lens covers. I may in the future either add some felt on the covers to make the fit tighter, or purchase some better ones (the felt is more likely)

I have had a chance to do some basic testing under the night skies (My primary interest is astronomy)...Read more