What is a monocular and how to set it up correctly?

It is imprac­ti­cal to take binoc­u­lars with you dur­ing hik­ing or tourist trips: they are quite heavy and take up a lot of space in a back­pack. Is it pos­si­ble to take half of the binoc­u­lars with you? Our answer is yes!

There is an opti­cal device that is not infe­ri­or to binoc­u­lars in per­for­mance, but has a num­ber of advan­tages.

1. Com­pact size — can eas­i­ly fit in the glove box of a car, a pock­et of clothes or even in a wom­an’s hand­bag (if you need to con­sid­er some­thing, you will not waste time search­ing and set­ting it up)
2. Minor weight
3. Easy to use and set up

And it’s a monoc­u­lar, a com­pact refrac­tive tele­scope used to mag­ni­fy images of dis­tant objects.

The most impor­tant advan­tage of a monoc­u­lar is that one hand always remains free, which will allow you to inter­act with oth­er objects (hunt­ing gun, golf club or smart­phone).

If dur­ing trav­el or even a sim­ple walk you often find your­self think­ing that it would be nice to see some­thing in the dis­tance, it’s time to think about buy­ing a monoc­u­lar.

Monocular

The monoc­u­lar is suit­able for obser­va­tions both in the city and in nature. Allows you to exam­ine objects in detail at a dis­tance of up to 3 km. Bak‑4 lens­es pro­vide high qual­i­ty and sharp images (high­er refrac­tive index, sharp­er image and even round exit pupil than oth­er types). All opti­cal sur­faces are mul­ti­lay­er FMC coat­ed. The coat­ing forms a bright and nat­ur­al image (pass­es up to 90% of the inci­dent light into the eye), which allows you to observe both dur­ing day­light hours and at dusk.

The tourist monoc­u­lar has an increase of 8 times — the opti­mal mag­ni­fi­ca­tion for hand-held obser­va­tion. In addi­tion, the optics are wide-angle — you will not only see a large area in front of the lying space, but you will also be able to quick­ly find the nec­es­sary object, and it is also quite easy to track mov­ing tar­gets. When used with a tri­pod and a smart­phone, the mag­ni­fi­ca­tion increas­es to 40.

The monoc­u­lar is water­proof — if you get caught in the rain or drop it into a pud­dle, noth­ing bad will hap­pen. There are pro­tec­tive caps on the lens and eye­piece that will pre­vent unwant­ed dirt and mois­ture from enter­ing the optics.

The big plus is that the front lens of the monoc­u­lar is recessed (will pre­vent unwant­ed scratch­es on the optics), there is a wrist strap (it will pro­tect the monoc­u­lar from falling and allow you to com­fort­ably car­ry it with you), and the body has an anti-slip coat­ing.

Why do you need a tripod and smartphone holder?

A tri­pod for opti­cal instru­ments is an indis­pens­able thing — it allows you to avoid blur­ring the pic­ture, which occurs from the “move­ment of the body” and the heart­beat. In addi­tion, it allows you not to lose sight of the tar­get of obser­va­tion and focus on a spe­cif­ic area of ​​obser­va­tion.

Smart­phone hold­er — an addi­tion­al acces­so­ry will be use­ful for fans of video / pho­to shoot­ing. Allows you to cap­ture, save and share bright and bewitch­ing moments.

How to set up a monocular?

1. While look­ing at a dis­tant object through the monoc­u­lar, turn the cen­tral focus­ing knob until the object appears in full clar­i­ty.

2. Rotate the diopter adjust­ment ring to set the final image clar­i­ty. If you decide to change the obser­va­tion eye, repeat this pro­ce­dure.

3. Retractable Eye­cup Adjust­ment — The eye­cup aids cor­rect eye posi­tion­ing by fill­ing the space between the eye­piece and the eye and pre­vent­ing side flare. It can be posi­tioned in the desired posi­tion to obtain the most com­fort­able view­ing con­di­tions, both with and with­out glass­es. When using glass­es, the eye­cup should be fold­ed in; oth­er­wise, it is rec­om­mend­ed to pull the eye­cup out.