【18mm Large Eyepiece Binoculars, Larger Image, Clearer Details】2.25 times the image size of 12mm eyepiece (e.g. 10×25, 12×25, 10×21 binoculars), 1.28 times of 16mm eyepiece (e.g. Ordinary 10×42, 12×42 binoculars). Large eyepiece binoculars make full use of 12x magnification, deliver larger image, ensure clearer details
【16.5mm Big BaK4 Prism HD Binoculars, Super Bright, Crisp View】Collect 32% more light than 12.5mm prism lens (e.g. 10×25, 12×25, 10×21 binoculars), 13.7% of 14.5mm prism lens (e.g. Ordinary 10×42, 12×42 binoculars). 16.5mm Prism lens take 100% advantage of 42mm objective lens, collect more lights, deliver brighter view.
【Powerful 12×42 Binoculars for Adults with only 1.25lbs.】With only 560g weight, Adasion 12x42mm binoculars deliver 367ft/1000yds large field of view. Perfect binoculars for bird watching, hunting, sports events. Binoculars with adjustable eye cups, suitable for glasses wearers.
【HD Binoculars with Universal Phone Adapter, Enjoy Photographing】Quick alignment, compatible with phone case, portable and stable. Suitable for iPhone 13 series, 12 series, 11 series, X, XR, Samsung GALAXY S series, Samsung NOTE series, LG, One Plus, Sony, Etc.
【Perfect for Bird Watching, Hunting, Hiking and Sports 】Equipped with Fully Multi-coated lenses and 18mm BaK4 prisms, the HD binocular provides a great brightness, clarity and sharpness. Taking an excellent viewing experience especially when bird watching, hunting, hiking and sports.
Specification: 12×42 High Definition Binoculars for Adults with Universal Phone Adapter – Super Bright Binoculars with Large View- Lightweight Waterproof…
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer
No
Product Dimensions
13.72 x 12.19 x 5.84 cm, 566.99 Grams
Date First Available
Aug. 15 2019
Manufacturer
Adasion
Place of Business
Shenzhen, Guangdong 518000,CN
Item model number
Binoculars-001
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Carrie –
I absolutely love these binoculars. Very light weight and excellent quality. The phone adapter takes a little longer to get used to but once you do you really get some great quality pictures. I’m obsessed with birds and attached a few of my pictures. 2 of my neighbors saw me outside taking pictures and after trying them they also bought them. Very happy with this purchase
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Jingjing –
Very clear, and my family really like these Binoculars
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marilyn –
These are for Christmas so I don’t have a rating yet
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LH –
The birds, fish, frogs, and turtles in my neighborhood have become my new friends since social distancing began, and these binoculars have been spectacl-ar in helping me identify them. I’d never used binoculars before this new hobby, so here are some things I’ve learned that might be helpful to first-time users:
Binoculars always have two numbers in the spec, AxB. A represents the magnification – the bigger the number, the more zoomed-in the image looks. B represents the size of the objective lens, which is the piece of glass at the far end of the binoculars. The bigger the number, the brighter and clearer the image looks.
They also have a focus wheel that sits between the two halves, which you’ll have to rotate depending on whether you want to focus on something close or super far away. There’s also usually an additional fine tuner on the right eyepiece that will allow you to adjust for differences between your two eyes. So when using a pair of binoculars for the first time, you should close your right eye and use the focus wheel for just your left eye, and then close your left eye and use the fine tuner for your right eye. After that you can just directly use the focus wheel.
I had an old pair of Bushnell 12×25 binoculars at home before I got this Adasion 12×42 set. Here’s a comparison, with things I learned from experience:
1/ Size: The Adasion is bigger because of the larger objective lens. You can see the size difference in my first picture.
2/ Eyepiece: The Adasion has eye cups that rotate in and out, which give your eyes some breathing distance from the eyepiece lenses. You can see in the second picture the right eye cup has been extended while the left one has not. The Bushnell didn’t have this feature, so my eyelashes were always brushing against the glass, and the glass itself would frequently fog up.
3/ Straps: This seems like a trivial one, but it bothered me more than I expected. Bushnell’s straps attach at the center, while Adasion’s straps attach on each side. This results in the Bushnell hanging somewhat perpendicular to my torso, which makes it really annoying as it bounces along while I walk. The Adasion just lies comfortably flush against my torso.
4/ Protective covers: You can see these in the first picture. Each objective lens has an individual rubber cover that hangs off the end. If you don’t like them, you can remove them – they’re attached by a rubber ring that slides off easily. But I think they’re great and protect the glass from smudges. The eyepiece lenses have a joint cover that you take off completely; I only put it back on when I’m done for the day.
5/ Picture quality: The most important difference. You can see four pictures I took through both binoculars. Interestingly, I found that the Bushnell binoculars were very slightly more magnified than the Adasion. I actually prefer the wider field of view of the Adasion, which is more forgiving of unsteady hands. The Bushnell also starts to get blurry on the edges (see the fence and bench or the floating grass in the fish photo), while the Adasion is much clearer throughout. In addition, colors are a lot brighter through the Adasion, while the Bushnell is a bit faded.
This brings me to my last piece of advice: the smartphone adapter is pretty cool. I had no idea what a phone adapter was in the beginning – I assumed it was some kind of USB cable that digitally connected the binoculars to your phone, and you’d have to download an app or something to take pictures. Nope. So apparently, you can just hold up your phone camera to the eyepiece of any binoculars, have your phone “look” through the binoculars (monocular?), and you simply use the camera app to snap whatever your phone sees. It works surprisingly well as an amateur telephoto lens. That’s all I did to take the pictures from the Bushnell.
Turns out though, it’s kind of hard to hold the binoculars in one hand, your phone in the other, and both steady enough while maneuvering your thumb to snap the photo. It’s flat out impossible to take video. So the purpose of this phone adapter is to make it easier by holding your phone in place. It’s a very simple piece of hardware with a spring-loaded clamp around your phone (both an iPhone 6s and iPhone 11 fit just fine) and a round cap that attaches to either of the binoculars’ eye cups. For best results, attach your phone without the eye cups extended. Righty tighty all the way. I find that provides the optimal phone-to-eyepiece distance for the best view from the camera.
I also did some extra research on phone adapters and tried to buy one for my Bushnell. The universal circular ones have a screw cap where the attachment can be expanded or contracted in order to fit any eye cup. But I actually found that the screw mechanism made the attachment so thick that my phone camera was too far away from the eyepiece to see much through it – all I got was a small hole. In contrast, the adapter that comes with the Adasion was built to fit the Adasion eye cups perfectly. It’s a nice snug fit so your phone (even a heavy iPhone 11) will stay in place at just the right distance from the lens and without needing any hand support.
The last thing I’ll say about the phone adapter is not to be surprised that your picture is a circle in a black vignette. That makes sense, since that’s what you see when your eyes look through the binoculars too. The rectangular photos from other reviews can be produced by either zooming using the camera’s zoom function or just cropping after the fact.
Okay that’s as much as I’ve learned so far through my amateur explorations, hope you’ve found it helpful. 🙂
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Clemens –
Die Rezension bezieht sich auf das Adasion “12×42” Fernglas. Das Fernglas ist erstaunlich handlich, allerdings auch nicht ganz leicht, etwas über 500g. Das Bild ist klar. Das ganze Fernglas wirkt wertig, stabil, nichts wackelt, nichts stinkt. Sehr praktisch die Abdeckungen, die nicht verloren gehen können. Der Handyhalter funktioniert sehr gut. Er sitzt sehr fest auf der Augenmuschel des Fernglases und hält mein Smartphone sehr gut fest. Der Halter ist sehr individuell einstellbar, darauf passt fast jedes Smartphone, würde ich vermuten. Ein Trageriemen und eine Tasche für das Fernglas werden mitgeliefert. Leider passt der Handyhalter nicht mit in diese Tasche und muss irgendwo extra verstaut werden. Die Einstellung geht sehr gut, das Schärfestellrad in der Mitte wirkt fest und doch nicht schwergängig. Genauso die Scharfstellung für das rechte Auge: fest, aber nicht schwergängig, gerade so, dass sich die Einstellung nicht zufällig verstellt. Die Augenmuscheln lassen sich stufenlos verstellen. Sie bleiben gut in der eingestellten Position. Brillenträger können diese ganz hereindrehen, um die Brille direkt am Okular ansetzen zu können. Wer keine Brille trägt, sollte die Augenmuscheln mindestens zur Hälfte herausdrehen und das Glas an den Augenbrauen / Kopf abstützen. Dann wird das Bild deutlich ruhiger und der “Schwarz-Effekt”, der entsteht, wenn das Auge nicht in der Blickachse einer der Gläser ist, entfällt. Ich konnte das Glas bisher nur an einem trüben Novembertag testen. Es hat nicht die versprochene 12-fache Vergrößerung. Ich habe es direkt mit einem Fernglas mit 10facher Vergrößerung verglichen. Es hat definitiv 10fach. Ich verstehe nicht, warum man in der Produktbeschreibung die Unwahrheit sagen muss, denn das Glas ist insgesamt ganz ordentlich. In der Dämmerung sieht man Orte und Details, die man mit bloßem Auge nicht wahrnehmen kann. Das spricht sehr für das Glas. Bei völliger Dunkelheit ist es natürlich zappenduster, wie bei jedem Fernglas. Das Blickfeld erscheint mir nicht besonders groß, es ist mit 100m auf 1000m angegeben, was ich für realistisch halte. Hier wäre mehr besser, aber da muss man den Preis sehen. Auf jeden Fall aber entsteht kein “guck durch die Röhre”-Effekt, das Bild wirkt trotz der starken Vergrößerung nicht eingeengt. Lieder ist die Randschärfe nicht besonders gut und sie setzt früh ein. Das schmälert aber den Gesamteindruck des Bildes nicht sehr stark. Wenn man etwas anschauen möchte, was am Bildrand liegt, schwenkt man sowieso gleich dorthin. Auf dieses Glas gibt es eine lebenslange Garantie, egal, was damit ist (so jedenfalls steht es im Begleitheft). Das finde ich bei dem Preis außerordentlich, das hatte ich zuvor nur bei meinem Vixen für 600 Euro, und da waren es auch “nur” 20 Jahre. Das Glas wirkt unglaublich kompakt und liegt gut in der Hand. Ich vermute, der Augenabstand wird für einige knapp, bei mir reicht es so weit, dass noch “Luft nach oben” ist. Parallel habe ich mir das “Uscamel”-Fernglas schicken lassen und beide Gläser direkt vergleichen können. Das Uscamel wirkt zwar mechanisch auch stabil, hat aber eine noch wesentlich größere Randschärfe. Es ist eigentlich nur ganz in der Mitte scharf und geht direkt zurück. Ich hatte vorher ein von Ebay gekauftes, billiges 8×30 als Fernglas für Radtouren. So richtig gerne habe ich es nicht zur Hand genommen und dadurch geschaut, so richtig Freude machte das nicht. Das wird mit diesem Fernglas anders sein und ich freue mich schon auf den nächsten Ausflug. Ich kann es mit gutem Gewissen empfehlen. Wer viel Wert auf ein großes Blickfeld legt, sollte zu einem anderen Glas greifen.
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Cyborlink –
My wife and I loved everything about these binoculars EXCEPT we could not get the image in the left and right eyes to coincide clearly. No matter how much pupillary adjustment we did, the image never completely converged. I then searched the Internet and found what the problem was and how to determine if the binoculars have been manufactured correctly.
If you look at a horizontal wire through the binoculars you should be able to pull the binoculars away from your eyes about 3″ and still see the straight horizontal wire – Image A.
However, if when you pull them away 3″ and the wire breaks into two pieces – Image B, then the two tubes of the binocular are not correctly aligned with each other and there is no way to correct this manufacturing defect.
The binoculars we received were exactly like image B, the wire we focused on a few hundred feet away showed a significant high/low split as we pulled the binoculars away from our eyes. That’s why we couldn’t get comfortable using them, they were not properly aligned at the factory.
Carrie –
I absolutely love these binoculars. Very light weight and excellent quality. The phone adapter takes a little longer to get used to but once you do you really get some great quality pictures. I’m obsessed with birds and attached a few of my pictures. 2 of my neighbors saw me outside taking pictures and after trying them they also bought them. Very happy with this purchase
Jingjing –
Very clear, and my family really like these Binoculars
marilyn –
These are for Christmas so I don’t have a rating yet
LH –
The birds, fish, frogs, and turtles in my neighborhood have become my new friends since social distancing began, and these binoculars have been spectacl-ar in helping me identify them. I’d never used binoculars before this new hobby, so here are some things I’ve learned that might be helpful to first-time users:
Binoculars always have two numbers in the spec, AxB. A represents the magnification – the bigger the number, the more zoomed-in the image looks. B represents the size of the objective lens, which is the piece of glass at the far end of the binoculars. The bigger the number, the brighter and clearer the image looks.
They also have a focus wheel that sits between the two halves, which you’ll have to rotate depending on whether you want to focus on something close or super far away. There’s also usually an additional fine tuner on the right eyepiece that will allow you to adjust for differences between your two eyes. So when using a pair of binoculars for the first time, you should close your right eye and use the focus wheel for just your left eye, and then close your left eye and use the fine tuner for your right eye. After that you can just directly use the focus wheel.
I had an old pair of Bushnell 12×25 binoculars at home before I got this Adasion 12×42 set. Here’s a comparison, with things I learned from experience:
1/ Size: The Adasion is bigger because of the larger objective lens. You can see the size difference in my first picture.
2/ Eyepiece: The Adasion has eye cups that rotate in and out, which give your eyes some breathing distance from the eyepiece lenses. You can see in the second picture the right eye cup has been extended while the left one has not. The Bushnell didn’t have this feature, so my eyelashes were always brushing against the glass, and the glass itself would frequently fog up.
3/ Straps: This seems like a trivial one, but it bothered me more than I expected. Bushnell’s straps attach at the center, while Adasion’s straps attach on each side. This results in the Bushnell hanging somewhat perpendicular to my torso, which makes it really annoying as it bounces along while I walk. The Adasion just lies comfortably flush against my torso.
4/ Protective covers: You can see these in the first picture. Each objective lens has an individual rubber cover that hangs off the end. If you don’t like them, you can remove them – they’re attached by a rubber ring that slides off easily. But I think they’re great and protect the glass from smudges. The eyepiece lenses have a joint cover that you take off completely; I only put it back on when I’m done for the day.
5/ Picture quality: The most important difference. You can see four pictures I took through both binoculars. Interestingly, I found that the Bushnell binoculars were very slightly more magnified than the Adasion. I actually prefer the wider field of view of the Adasion, which is more forgiving of unsteady hands. The Bushnell also starts to get blurry on the edges (see the fence and bench or the floating grass in the fish photo), while the Adasion is much clearer throughout. In addition, colors are a lot brighter through the Adasion, while the Bushnell is a bit faded.
This brings me to my last piece of advice: the smartphone adapter is pretty cool. I had no idea what a phone adapter was in the beginning – I assumed it was some kind of USB cable that digitally connected the binoculars to your phone, and you’d have to download an app or something to take pictures. Nope. So apparently, you can just hold up your phone camera to the eyepiece of any binoculars, have your phone “look” through the binoculars (monocular?), and you simply use the camera app to snap whatever your phone sees. It works surprisingly well as an amateur telephoto lens. That’s all I did to take the pictures from the Bushnell.
Turns out though, it’s kind of hard to hold the binoculars in one hand, your phone in the other, and both steady enough while maneuvering your thumb to snap the photo. It’s flat out impossible to take video. So the purpose of this phone adapter is to make it easier by holding your phone in place. It’s a very simple piece of hardware with a spring-loaded clamp around your phone (both an iPhone 6s and iPhone 11 fit just fine) and a round cap that attaches to either of the binoculars’ eye cups. For best results, attach your phone without the eye cups extended. Righty tighty all the way. I find that provides the optimal phone-to-eyepiece distance for the best view from the camera.
I also did some extra research on phone adapters and tried to buy one for my Bushnell. The universal circular ones have a screw cap where the attachment can be expanded or contracted in order to fit any eye cup. But I actually found that the screw mechanism made the attachment so thick that my phone camera was too far away from the eyepiece to see much through it – all I got was a small hole. In contrast, the adapter that comes with the Adasion was built to fit the Adasion eye cups perfectly. It’s a nice snug fit so your phone (even a heavy iPhone 11) will stay in place at just the right distance from the lens and without needing any hand support.
The last thing I’ll say about the phone adapter is not to be surprised that your picture is a circle in a black vignette. That makes sense, since that’s what you see when your eyes look through the binoculars too. The rectangular photos from other reviews can be produced by either zooming using the camera’s zoom function or just cropping after the fact.
Okay that’s as much as I’ve learned so far through my amateur explorations, hope you’ve found it helpful. 🙂
Clemens –
Die Rezension bezieht sich auf das Adasion “12×42” Fernglas.
Das Fernglas ist erstaunlich handlich, allerdings auch nicht ganz leicht, etwas über 500g. Das Bild ist klar. Das ganze Fernglas wirkt wertig, stabil, nichts wackelt, nichts stinkt. Sehr praktisch die Abdeckungen, die nicht verloren gehen können. Der Handyhalter funktioniert sehr gut. Er sitzt sehr fest auf der Augenmuschel des Fernglases und hält mein Smartphone sehr gut fest. Der Halter ist sehr individuell einstellbar, darauf passt fast jedes Smartphone, würde ich vermuten. Ein Trageriemen und eine Tasche für das Fernglas werden mitgeliefert. Leider passt der Handyhalter nicht mit in diese Tasche und muss irgendwo extra verstaut werden.
Die Einstellung geht sehr gut, das Schärfestellrad in der Mitte wirkt fest und doch nicht schwergängig. Genauso die Scharfstellung für das rechte Auge: fest, aber nicht schwergängig, gerade so, dass sich die Einstellung nicht zufällig verstellt.
Die Augenmuscheln lassen sich stufenlos verstellen. Sie bleiben gut in der eingestellten Position. Brillenträger können diese ganz hereindrehen, um die Brille direkt am Okular ansetzen zu können. Wer keine Brille trägt, sollte die Augenmuscheln mindestens zur Hälfte herausdrehen und das Glas an den Augenbrauen / Kopf abstützen. Dann wird das Bild deutlich ruhiger und der “Schwarz-Effekt”, der entsteht, wenn das Auge nicht in der Blickachse einer der Gläser ist, entfällt.
Ich konnte das Glas bisher nur an einem trüben Novembertag testen. Es hat nicht die versprochene 12-fache Vergrößerung. Ich habe es direkt mit einem Fernglas mit 10facher Vergrößerung verglichen. Es hat definitiv 10fach. Ich verstehe nicht, warum man in der Produktbeschreibung die Unwahrheit sagen muss, denn das Glas ist insgesamt ganz ordentlich.
In der Dämmerung sieht man Orte und Details, die man mit bloßem Auge nicht wahrnehmen kann. Das spricht sehr für das Glas. Bei völliger Dunkelheit ist es natürlich zappenduster, wie bei jedem Fernglas.
Das Blickfeld erscheint mir nicht besonders groß, es ist mit 100m auf 1000m angegeben, was ich für realistisch halte. Hier wäre mehr besser, aber da muss man den Preis sehen. Auf jeden Fall aber entsteht kein “guck durch die Röhre”-Effekt, das Bild wirkt trotz der starken Vergrößerung nicht eingeengt.
Lieder ist die Randschärfe nicht besonders gut und sie setzt früh ein. Das schmälert aber den Gesamteindruck des Bildes nicht sehr stark. Wenn man etwas anschauen möchte, was am Bildrand liegt, schwenkt man sowieso gleich dorthin.
Auf dieses Glas gibt es eine lebenslange Garantie, egal, was damit ist (so jedenfalls steht es im Begleitheft). Das finde ich bei dem Preis außerordentlich, das hatte ich zuvor nur bei meinem Vixen für 600 Euro, und da waren es auch “nur” 20 Jahre.
Das Glas wirkt unglaublich kompakt und liegt gut in der Hand. Ich vermute, der Augenabstand wird für einige knapp, bei mir reicht es so weit, dass noch “Luft nach oben” ist.
Parallel habe ich mir das “Uscamel”-Fernglas schicken lassen und beide Gläser direkt vergleichen können. Das Uscamel wirkt zwar mechanisch auch stabil, hat aber eine noch wesentlich größere Randschärfe. Es ist eigentlich nur ganz in der Mitte scharf und geht direkt zurück.
Ich hatte vorher ein von Ebay gekauftes, billiges 8×30 als Fernglas für Radtouren. So richtig gerne habe ich es nicht zur Hand genommen und dadurch geschaut, so richtig Freude machte das nicht. Das wird mit diesem Fernglas anders sein und ich freue mich schon auf den nächsten Ausflug.
Ich kann es mit gutem Gewissen empfehlen. Wer viel Wert auf ein großes Blickfeld legt, sollte zu einem anderen Glas greifen.
Cyborlink –
My wife and I loved everything about these binoculars EXCEPT we could not get the image in the left and right eyes to coincide clearly. No matter how much pupillary adjustment we did, the image never completely converged. I then searched the Internet and found what the problem was and how to determine if the binoculars have been manufactured correctly.
If you look at a horizontal wire through the binoculars you should be able to pull the binoculars away from your eyes about 3″ and still see the straight horizontal wire – Image A.
However, if when you pull them away 3″ and the wire breaks into two pieces – Image B, then the two tubes of the binocular are not correctly aligned with each other and there is no way to correct this manufacturing defect.
The binoculars we received were exactly like image B, the wire we focused on a few hundred feet away showed a significant high/low split as we pulled the binoculars away from our eyes. That’s why we couldn’t get comfortable using them, they were not properly aligned at the factory.