Burris is a technology centric company in the optics segment. It offers products of high quality with the competitive price tag. Among the wide range of products the rifles scopes, red dot sight, binoculars, spotting scope and the related product accessories are made available. In the binocular segment the various available series are the landmark, landmark II, signature and the full field II camo. Burris Landmark 8x32mm Binocular falls under the type of product that offers maximum resolution with better light transmission and with the construction that is handy, strong and light in weight. The following is the review of this binocular that discusses in detail about its performance and features.

Burris Landmark 8×32mm Binocular

The Basics:

Burris offers this Bak4 Roof Prism Binocular by understanding the requirement and expectation of its customers. This range is flavoured with the technical support to suit the general outdoor observation. Its use can be extended to sporting, bird watching, wildlife and the nature observation. This forms the basic magnification and the aperture offered in products of this series. The green body brings out the professionalism and gives a neat and decent look. It weighs not more than the common models as it comes with 539 grams making it easy to carry in a shoulder bag or in a pouch. The length measures 140 mm that is quite a medium sized binocular. The body constructed with the rubber armouring serves a lot of advantage.

Optics and its Features:

Designed with the BaK4 Roof Prism, Burris Landmark 8x32mm Waterproof, Fog proof Binocular comes to optimise the light transmission. The roof prism also has the ability to enhance the resolution and the contrast level of the viewing object. It does have a fully coated lens to increase the light transmission and reduce the glare produced.

Construction Overview:

Given is a neat shape and durable construction with the roof prism technology. The body has rubber armouring that provides non-slip grip when viewed in extreme of weather conditions. The eye cups have a twist-up design which is good enough for viewing with or without the spectacles. The focus system is the center wheel type which can be easily adjusted to the need of the focus. Having been sealed with the O-rings it helps to keep away from the dust, moisture and hence making it water proof. Of course the filling of nitrogen gas prevents internal fogging.

Technical Features:

  • Magnification – The basic requirement of any binocular is the magnification capacity and in this case it is 8x. This means that the device can magnify 8 times of the original size of the objects.
  • Aperture – The objective lens diameter measures 32mm while the known fact is that higher the aperture the better and brighter with be the image. Hence, this Binocular suits to function only in the bright light environment.
  • Field of view – If you are just looking for a general binocular with the basic technical spec then this is apt as with regard to the field of view at the distance of 1000m is 127 m.
  • Eye relief – Moderate is the eye relief rating with 18mm, this shows that the user with or without eye glass finds it comfortable to use this device.
  • Close focus – It is quite useful to view with the close focus distance that can go nearer up to 1.8 m. This makes observing of moving objects easy.

Verdict:

Burris Landmark 8x32mm Roof Prism Binocular proves to be handy, robust and also light in weight. It is comfortable to handle and goes good for the basic kind of general observation. It is definitely a can be considered model that could impress you with its qualities like water proof, fog proof and shock proof.

Burris Landmark 8x32mm Binocular - Technical Specification Table

Manufacturer Burris
Model Name Landmark 8x32mm Binocular
Binocular Type BaK4 Roof Prism
Product Code DB 300197
Weight 539 grams
Dimension - length 140 mm
Magnification 8x
Diameter of Objective Lens 32 mm
Eye Relief 18 mm
Field of view at 1000 meters 127 metres
Lens Fully coated
Applications General outdoor
Close focusing 1.8 m
Rubber coating Yes
Eyecups Twist-up
Resistance Water, fog and shock proof

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