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Pentax binocularsWith pentax binoculars you'll discover a wide range of both compacts and full-sized binoculars, and at a variety of prices ... Pentax - the companyPentax is yet another optics company with Japanese origins, and certainly goes back a long way ...It started life in 1919 as Asahi Optical Joint Stock Company, when it was purely a spectacle lens manufacturer.Numerous changes have occurred within the company over the years, the most recent being in March 2008, when the Pentax Company merged with Hoya Corporation. Nowadays, they're a huge imaging company, their products including cameras, medical scopes and imaging equipment, as well as binoculars.So, what are their binoculars like?... Pentax binocularsBasically, Pentax offers a good range of extremely sound compact and full-sized binoculars, at a variety of prices.These prices start at just under $60, escalating to around the $800 mark, although you'll find most settled in themed-price range. And Pentax claim to produce binoculars suited to nature and the outdoors, birding, hunting, astronomy, travel, sporting events, and the stage. In other words, something to suit all occasions.Generally speaking, whatever price you pay, and whichever binocular you choose, you'll get value for money.With many of their binoculars, such as the full-sized Pentax DCF WP, you'll enjoy a quality of optics at nearly half what you'd pay for similar binoculars from say, Swarovski or Leica. CompactsPentax offers twelve different compact models, in arying sizes, including a compact zoom model.All are lightweight, most - though not all – are waterproof, some of roof prism design, others of porro prism design, and all are pretty durable. Full SizeYou'll find seven different full-sized models, offering a variety of magnifications.Extremely good, sturdy binoculars all of them, and their DCF WP is one of the best roof prism binoculars on the market.Most of the full-sized are waterproof, and all are built with durability in mind. Nevertheless, Pentax also offers a good warranty with all their products ... WarrantyAs long as you buy Pentax binocularsfrom a recognized dealer, you'll be entitled to their lifetime, "worry free" warranty.Under this, Pentax agrees to repair or replace binoculars, though they charge $19.95 to cover handling and shipping. ConclusionsGood, sound, durable binoculars that are pleasant and easy-to-use and handle.Something for most occasions, in the mid-price range, very often offering the sort of quality only available in high-end binoculars.
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