Product reviewsPENTAX Papilio 6.5x21mm Binoculars - Black (62001)

Best close-up binoculars.

These little bins punch way above their weight. Though small, neat, and lightweight, they feel sturdy and well made.
Optically the asymmetric lenses and Pentax coatings deliver A1 performance to rival most of the Premiership brands in normal lighting.
Because they are only 6.5 X magnification they may even be a bit brighter than top notch 8 or 10X glasses. Obviously, in darker situations, bins with larger objectives will be brighter.
The clarity, contrast, colour rendition, and freedom from aberrations is exemplary and only bettered by bins costing 10 or more times the price of the Papilios.
The real magic occurs, though, when using the class leading close focus of 18"!!!.
This amounts to having a mobile microscope in your hands because you are simply not used to seeing insects, plants, flowers etc. at this level of magnification - much larger than with the naked eye. This sounds stupid but has to be experienced to understand.
These are quite simply the best binoculars available to see closer than 2 metres and excellent at anything beyond that. Everyone should have pair.
Phenomenal and life-enhancing.Read full review...

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Pentax Papilio ll 6.5x21

After looking through many binoculars for more than 50 years I didn’t expect to be astonished any more. There must be some very smart people working at Ricoh Imaging. I don’t know why anyone would pay astronomical prices for expensive Germans or Austrians with far less advanced imaging technology when you can buy an unbelievable instrument like this. When I unboxed these binoculars and looked through them for the first ime, I just stopped, and put them down on my study desk, and went out for a walk.Read full review...

A revelation

Dead clear, no coloured fringes,
and it will focus on stuff half a metre away

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Perfect

Great quality , light weight and compact

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