How to choose the telescope you want to take when traveling?

After writing a few articles, someone asked me how to buy binoculars, especially binoculars that many people want to take with them to travel.

How to choose binoculars when traveling abroad?

My personal experience is that you must bring a small and sturdy telescope when you go out, and the value does not have to be too high.

Let's talk about small: small telescopes are naturally easy to carry, easy to put in a bag and not too heavy to carry.

Let's talk about firmness first: because you may encounter various situations during your trip, and sometimes you will encounter them. If you don't have a strong telescope, not only will the appearance be damaged, but the prism inside will also shift when shaking. Telescope is also a precision optical instrument, and a slight deviation will have a great influence on the viewing of telescope. The specific performance is that the eyes are different axes, and seeing things will make you dizzy.

Also, the price should not be too high: the main reason is that you are afraid of being stolen or dropped, causing losses. Don't take out expensive telescopes easily.

Based on these points, when choosing a travel telescope, the first consideration is that the magnification should not be too large, and it is best to choose a telescope below 10.

The specific choice is divided into prism telescope and straight telescope. Generally, prism telescopes are relatively large, while straight telescopes are relatively small.

Choose a prism telescope: it is best to choose 6-8 times, and the aperture of the objective lens is 30-35mm, which is basically not big.

This kind of telescope belongs to the "standard" prism telescope, which has a history of 100 years and has been the main configuration of military and special field of view telescopes.

It is characterized by mature technology and comfortable viewing. In general, personal travel is enough.

Choose a direct telescope, also called Galileo, which can be 6- 10 times.

Its characteristic is that it is much smaller without a prism, but its weight may not be light, especially for famous brands, which will be heavier because of the increase of lenses and lens groups and the genuine materials.

Attention should be paid to the selection of this kind of telescope. Don't choose the one with large magnification and small aperture, which has large magnification, low matching and poor viewing effect.

Of course, as far as choosing a telescope is concerned, it is best to buy and watch it on the spot.

You can try a few more models on the spot and then choose one you like. Don't buy them online easily, unless you are quite familiar with this telescope, you may be disappointed.

Only by watching and interviewing on the spot can we know whether it is a telescope that we can like and control, because personal choices are still very different.

I can't recommend which brand to buy. First, because I haven't touched binoculars for many years, I don't know the outside market, and I don't know the popular styles and brands. In addition, the price of binoculars varies greatly, with famous brands above 10,000 yuan, while the roadside products in small factories are tens of yuan. People who can do things may compare the differences, but if they haven't played with binoculars or played for the first time, they may not be clear for a while.

You get what you pay for, aiming at knowledgeable people. Telescopes are also things that get deeper and deeper. Maybe you can understand what you want in the end by buying the third or fourth telescope, but what you bought in front is for tuition.

For the first time to buy binoculars, there is no need to buy expensive or famous brands. Just choose what suits you first.