When I started
birding more years ago than I care to admit,
roof prism binoculars were the new kid on the block and porro prism binoculars ruled the market. How things have changed! With the demise of the
great Nikon Premier SE, now discontinued by Nikon, the serious birding world is down to a few lone porro prism
birding binocular holdouts like the
Swift Audubon 820 and, perhaps, the lesser known
Minox BP. What a shame, since a quality porro prism is such a wonderful binocular to use for birding. My Nikon Premier 8x32 SE is still the brightest 8x32 I have used and one that the fussiest birder would love for its razor sharp optics. Oh, well, times change and so does the binocular market. Not exactly a shortage of great
birding binoculars out there, even though the vast majority of them are now roof prism binoculars.