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Alpen's Model 492 "Butterfly Bino" Offers 4-foot Minimum Focusing Distance

Lightweight and waterproof with crisp edge to edge resolution, this little beauty has a close focus of 4 feet, perfect for getting up close and personal with butterflies and more. They feature the latest optics technology: fully multi-coated BAK4 glass, PXA phase coating, and HR (high resolution) metallic prism coating, long eye relief and twist-lock eyecups to provide full field of view for eyeglass wearers. Adjustment between eyeglass wearers and non-eyeglass wearers is quick and easy. If you thought binoculars were just for looking at stuff far away, give these a try!

Magnification: 8X

Obj. lens diameter: 32 mm

Focus system: Center

Prism type: Roof

Prism material: BAK4

Field of view: 393 ft. @1,000 yds.

Eye relief: 16 mm

Weight: 20 oz.