John D.
Reviewed in the United Arab Emirates on March 4, 2024
Small can hold in your palm, Good material, but not able to focus near distance, good to closer look from 50-300 metres
Adori Haze
Reviewed in Mexico on April 11, 2024
Es muy bueno, tiene buen Zoom, adjunto imagen, (Foto de la palapa) y también funciona para ver cosas más de cerca, como tipo microscopio (foto del peso) se ven un poco borrosas en las fotos, pero esto es culpa de mi pulso, la imagen del monocular es muy nítida, otra cosa no sabia usarlo muy bien, así que pensé que no servía el Zoom, no sean como yo, les explico, si quieren ver cosas de cerca, tienen que sacar todo el lente, para el Zoom lo tienen que hacer más chico , es muy compacto , puse una moneda de 10 pesos como referencia para que puedan ver el tamaño, Lo recomiendo
Ray
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2023
Small and very easy to pack for a tripCenter of image is pretty sharp, focusing works well down to 10". Nice little case that has a belt loop. A great little scope for Naturalists, Sports Nuts, or Prepper.Rather inexpensive..
J Ross
Reviewed in Canada on April 1, 2022
This little monocular sight is impressive. Excellent optics, very clear image. Magnification is just right, any stronger and image shake would prevent clarity. Very good in low light, and the macro ability to focus to 10 inches makes this unit very versatile. Possible to focus with one hand, but requires some dexterity. Super small and light, will be handy on the golf course. A sealed tube case would be an improvement, to allow safe pocket storage. Think I'll buy another!
name to koyama
Reviewed in Japan on October 20, 2021
小型で軽く携帯に便利で、フォーカスも合わせやすく,美術館などでの使用には有用。学会などで後ろの席からスライドを見る場合でも何とか使えそうです。この値段なら十分に有用です。
Bernardo2022
Reviewed in France on November 12, 2018
Article de bonne facture,l'étui également,léger,luminosité satisfaisante pour la taille et le prix,très pratique pour les petites randonnées. N'a évidemment pas les performances d'un monoculaire beaucoup plus cher (j'en possède plusieurs) mais tellement agréable par sa légèreté,il se fait oublier dans la poche.
Ted
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2013
The Carson CloseUp: Handy, good quality monocular. I use it all the time. Very small, lightweight, cheap. Comes with a strap to carry it around your neck, and a little black pouch with belt loop. So very easy to carry along. Good for seniors like myself, or for kids who like to explore. You do need two hands to twist the two telescoping parts to focus-in on things. Carson did not place a scale with markings to make it easy to pre-set the monocular to an approximate distance, before fine-tuning the focus. This is a drawback that would have been easy to prevent by adding some little lines with viewing distances. Read on for my work-arounds.This monocular has a very wide viewing range, with two main areas of use (and focus work-arounds):1) FAR: for distance viewing (mostly outdoors). See a bus number or street name from far away, or deer and birds on a nature walk. -- Prepare the monocular by screwing the two parts together, so it is at its shortest (only 2.5 inches long). The monocular is now focused for far away. This is the opposite of what you would expect (counter-intuitive). You would normally expect the monocular to be at its longest for viewing far away, like a telescope. But no. This is what took me the longest to get used to. So: short for far away. From this position it takes only 2 or 3 twists (quarter-turns) to focus in to as close as 8 feet. So easy to use, not much effort.2) CLOSE: for close-up viewing (mostly indoors). Clearly read the finest print, see the smallest detail. Nature lovers can observe the details of flowers or strange little insects. You can see sharply from as close up as 11 inches. That is what makes this monocular so special, and why it is obviously called the Carson CloseUp. -- Prepare to use it for close-up by twisting the two parts apart, unscrewing them, so the monocular is at its longest (about 4.5 inches long). It is now focused at its closest, or less than 1 foot away (again, counter-intuitive). Then twist to adjust the focus to further away. It takes about 8 twists (quarter-turns) to get it to focus 3 feet away. So that is more work. Closer in, it has a very narrow depth of field. That means you do have to very exactly focus it to see sharp. So that takes a bit of work twisting it, adjusting the focus.A tip if you regularly use the CloseUp at medium distances. Like reading product labels and prices on the bottom shelf, without having to bend over or go down on your knees. Take a fine-tipped permanent marker, and draw some little lines, so you can pre-set the focus before viewing and fine-tuning the focus. That will save you a lot of work in finding the right focus in the mid area. Carson should have done this, engraving little lines. So little effort to save the user so much work. I hope these work-arounds will help make this product even more useful and easy to use, if you decide to get it.
John
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2012
I like this monocular so much, I'm starting to carry it with me all the time.The close focus is especially handy. I'm able to check the small print on items on grocery store bottom shelves without getting down on my knees. Similarly, I can see items in store windows when they are closed. I've also found it useful for reading occasional small print on my computer screen without getting up to find a 'zoom-in' key.Plus, except in very dim light, it seems to do all things my regular 7X binoculars do for birdwatching, reading street signs, undersized PowerPoint presentations, etc. As expected, the closer the object, the more you have to crank the focus to get the image sharp. Distant objects focus quickly, however. The thick grease in the focus slows it down in cold weather.It has a decent enough eye relief for wearing glasses. And the field of view seems equal to my 7.5 degree 7X20 Pentax field binoculars and to my 8.6 degree7X35 Nikon's -- both which seem to overrate their stated fields of view.Simple construction. If a lens did break loose from a fall, it looks like something you could probably glue back together without much trouble. It was well packed with a soft belt case, cleaning cloth and lanyard.Since I wear it on my belt or keep it in my pocket, I replaced the neck lanyard with a much shorter loop off of small LED flashlight. It's light enough that using the lanyard is not annoying, but you may want to drop it in a shirt pocket to keep it from swinging around.Weight and size make it seem like a natural for backpacking or airplane travel. At this price think about buying two up front to save on the shipping, or to use as a gift.