Many cheap binoculars can be disappointing, but first-time binocular buyers often want the cheapest “good enough” pair they ...

This project introduces a DIY thermal monocular with over 10x magnification, built using components from a previous thermal microscope setup. Discover the key ideas, setup approach, and what to expect ...

When I first took up birding, during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, I couldn’t believe I had only just discovered, in middle age, the joys of avian observation. It was the perfect hobby. I ...

An entry-level binocular that is solidly made with fully multicoated Bak4 lenses and grippy rubberized body coating. They are waterproof and fogproof, and produced high-quality imagery of the night ...

The way things are going, it seems like every binocular designed for hunting will have an on-board rangefinder soon. Not long ago, there were only a handful of prohibitively expensive rangefinding ...

The way things are going, it seems like every hunting binocular will have a rangefinding function in the near future. Less than 10 years ago, only a handful of premium optics companies made ...

Images, and the devices that capture them, are my focus. I've covered cameras at PCMag for the past 14 years, which has given me a front row seat for the changeover from DSLRs to mirrorless cameras, ...

It’s always amazing, and more than a little humbling, when the universe reminds us that our “common sense” is provincial and will fall apart on cosmic scales. If you’re on the surface of Earth—and I’m ...

The Celestron Skymaster 25x100 is dirt cheap ahead of Cyber Monday and is our best binoculars for magnification, perfect for gazing at galaxies. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

We really like the image stabilization in these Canon binoculars. A solid, grippable rubber armor coating makes them durable and protected from knocks and bumps. Bright sharp views are marred only ...