Okay, time for a little daydreaming or, maybe I should say nightdreaming, since I would be doing astronomy with this binocular. If money was no object …. The
Kowa Highlander is that rare breed of
giant binocular that offers interchangeable lenses and, even rarer still, it is made in Japan, not China, as are nearly all big
observation binoculars, these days. The Kowa Highlander is a superb instrument in every way and it even offers a fluorite lens option for the ultimate in color correction and performance. Kowa uses the modular approach on this Kowa binocular - all mount parts a re sold separately, as are the optional eyepieces. If you should be so fortunate as to be shopping for the
Kowa Highlander, you will need to assemble it from the ground up. If the optics are even close to what I have personally used in Kowa spotting scopes, this could be the ultimate astronomy binocular.