Today, 1/12/11, the Oberwerk 15X60 arrived. Right away I got out the 13X56 Minox to give a side by side comparison. While I was at it I grabbed the 7-15X35 Nikon. They are so nice I could be a salesman for them. As soon as they were laid out on the sandbags on the ledge of the porch I took two line charts out to the pump house 127 yards away. It has “THIS SIDE DOWN” in black letters printed on the large chip chipboard. The top line chart is the one Mule Deer posted awhile back. The other is what I made to compare the Z5 Swarovski 5-25X52 with the 6500 Bushnell 4 ½-30X50 last month. (Next week the new Swarovski will be here. I hope it is better than the previous one.) Mule Deer’s chart has lines, starting at the top, that are 1” wide with a 1” space down to 1/16” at the bottom. The other chart has lines that were supposed to be 5/16” with 5/16” spaces, but since I am not to cleaver with the ‘puter, they came out at .275”. But it will works.
Before I even got away from the house my son-in-law said, “The Minox is defiantly better.” I didn’t want to hear that. He was hand holding them, so I figured I would get better results off the sandbags. Since I am the money man, I am the one to be impressed or not. So here goes.
The Minox is noticeably easier to focus because it depth of field is so long I could see mosquitoes flying. I did have to turn past and back a couple times to get the best “picture” of the line charts. I finally figured out the mosquitoes were over the garden which is about half way to the pump house. But they were obvious once I had the line chart dialed to see all the lines. The Minox shows sharp, crisp edges to the all lines. I can’t express this enough.
The mosquitoes were not visible with the Oberwerk. With lots of fiddlin’ though, I was able to see all the lines with the Oberwerk. It almost blurred the bottom two lines together. I’m sure if it was not 15X I couldn’t have distinguished the lines with it. I have proven a few times what 1X more can do for me.
Next I gave the Nikons a chance. On 13X they were not as nice as the Minox, but on 15X I could see all the lines just about as well as I could with the Minox. What a value! Just 2X made that much difference.
The sun was already gone by then so I decided to see when I could no longer read the words. The Oberwerk, despite being 60mm died out at 4:46 PM. Next the Nikon on 15X went at 4:48 and the Minox at 4:49. For a chance to let the Bushnell 6500 4 ½-30X50 look good or not, I wouldn’t post if it didn’t look good, you know that. I literally ran and got the Klienguenther, laid it down turned the magnification to 13X to match the Minox and read the words. I waited one minute and checked again. Still could. Finally at 4:53PM I could no longer read without groping for individual letters to make up the words. This shows just how good a 50mm rifle scope can be. A little ramblin’ here: The Swarovski Z5 5-25X52 is definitely better than the Bushnell in low light.
For $110 the Oberwerk is absolutely worth the money. If I already had the Oberwerk I would not have purchased the Minox. The Oberwerk is going back and the Minox is for sale @ $600.
I love playing with optics.
Before I even got away from the house my son-in-law said, “The Minox is defiantly better.” I didn’t want to hear that. He was hand holding them, so I figured I would get better results off the sandbags. Since I am the money man, I am the one to be impressed or not. So here goes.
The Minox is noticeably easier to focus because it depth of field is so long I could see mosquitoes flying. I did have to turn past and back a couple times to get the best “picture” of the line charts. I finally figured out the mosquitoes were over the garden which is about half way to the pump house. But they were obvious once I had the line chart dialed to see all the lines. The Minox shows sharp, crisp edges to the all lines. I can’t express this enough.
The mosquitoes were not visible with the Oberwerk. With lots of fiddlin’ though, I was able to see all the lines with the Oberwerk. It almost blurred the bottom two lines together. I’m sure if it was not 15X I couldn’t have distinguished the lines with it. I have proven a few times what 1X more can do for me.
Next I gave the Nikons a chance. On 13X they were not as nice as the Minox, but on 15X I could see all the lines just about as well as I could with the Minox. What a value! Just 2X made that much difference.
The sun was already gone by then so I decided to see when I could no longer read the words. The Oberwerk, despite being 60mm died out at 4:46 PM. Next the Nikon on 15X went at 4:48 and the Minox at 4:49. For a chance to let the Bushnell 6500 4 ½-30X50 look good or not, I wouldn’t post if it didn’t look good, you know that. I literally ran and got the Klienguenther, laid it down turned the magnification to 13X to match the Minox and read the words. I waited one minute and checked again. Still could. Finally at 4:53PM I could no longer read without groping for individual letters to make up the words. This shows just how good a 50mm rifle scope can be. A little ramblin’ here: The Swarovski Z5 5-25X52 is definitely better than the Bushnell in low light.
For $110 the Oberwerk is absolutely worth the money. If I already had the Oberwerk I would not have purchased the Minox. The Oberwerk is going back and the Minox is for sale @ $600.
I love playing with optics.
