Pentax 10x36 DCF HS Binocular (Black)

by Pentax

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00076QTHK
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: 62483
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,647 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 14, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Pentax 10 x 36 DCF HS is a high performance binocular that features a simplified body design and a lightweight, fiberglass reinforced polycarbonate body encased in a full body rubber housing to protect the optics and inner mechanisms from external shock and assure a firm, comfortable hold. The combination of multi-coated optical elements and high-refraction BaK4-glass roof prisms treated with phase coating and a new super-reflection coating ensures a high resolution, high contrast image over the entire image field. A protective glass is incorporated in front of the objective focusing elements to prevent the intrusion of dust into the inner body.

The DCF HS series binoculars offers JIS Class 4 weather resistant capability for use around the water and in rain. Both the rubber housing and the protective glass also serve to upgrade the binocular's weather resistance.

Other noteworthy features include a long eye relief (17.5 millimeters for the 10 x 36), helicoid type extendible eyepiece rings, a click-stop diopter adjuster, and rain-shielding eyepiece caps. The binocular also accept an optional tripod adapter (TP-3) for quick tripod mounting and removal. Combining top optical performance, compact design and durable, weather resistant body construction, the 10 x 36 DCF HS binocular is designed to benefit the user in every viewing opportunity especially in targeted applications.

What's in the Box:
Objective lens caps, eyepiece lens caps, case, neck strap

Product Description

The Pentax 10 x 36 DCF HS is a high performance binocular that features a simplified body design and a lightweight, fiberglass reinforced polycarbonate body encased in a full body rubber housing to protect the optics and inner mechanisms from external shock and assure a firm, comfortable hold. The combination of multi-coated optical elements and high-refraction BaK4-glass roof prisms treated with phase coating and a new super-reflection coating ensures a high resolution, high contrast image over the entire image field. A protective glass is incorporated in front of the objective focusing elements to prevent the intrusion of dust into the inner body.

What's in the Box: Objective lens caps, eyepiece lens caps, case, neck strap

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Steal for its price ($120), May 21, 2009

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K. C. Lee - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pentax 10x36 DCF HS Binocular (Black) (Electronics)

Got this for a steal at $120. Well constructed and gives sharp and clear images. It's easy to focus and the relatively heavy weight makes it more stable.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review of Pentax 10X36 DCF HS Binoculars, September 23, 2008

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Desh (Eugene, OR) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Pentax 10x36 DCF HS Binocular (Black) (Electronics)

Excellent Binoculars for a Safari trip. We were looking for light but powerful enough binocular to see wild life.
This is a great choice for that. It has good optics, and we had a great time using it.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beware! UPS Signature required, January 6, 2010

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R. Tompson "randyt5194" (720 mps from home) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pentax 10x36 DCF HS Binocular (Black) (Electronics)

It chafes my buns when shippers send me something "Signature required" without asking my permission.

I work full time, so I'm never home when the UPS truck wanders by... and the UPS pick-up point is 10 miles away from me.

The binoculars may be great; I don't know, because I have to drive across town to pick them up.

Why is it so difficult to ask me whether I want this service?

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OK, now I have them. The UPS guy had another item coming to my home which did not require signature, and left the binocs with item #1. Thanks, UPS guy.

I really like these binocs for hunting. Sitting in a deer blind, they are small enough to stay out of the way, large enough to gather some decent light, powerful enough to penetrate the underbrush, and have really nice optics. A real good value, I think.

The extra eye relief is as advertised. The central focusing knob is well shaped, and has the right trade-off between "easy to turn" and "doesn't defocus very easily while hanging from the neck."

If I were going to improve them, I would give them better objective lens covers. The two covers given are thin plastic, and will not stay put. I prefer the kind that cup around the lens, with a good 1/2 inch or better of overlap onto the binoc body. I tend not to use the velcro closing bag they can be stored in, and prefer good eyepiece covers and good objective lens cups.

The neck strap could be easier to adjust. It *is* easy to install, but if/when you decide to change its length, it takes a minute or two. I won't go into detail here, but it would be an easy fix to have a slightly more user friendly neck strap.

Again, very good value set of binocs.