Kahles Helia 8x56 Binoculars

The Kahles Helia 8x56 binoculars quite catches the eye in a field of mostly black and green binoculars, being coated in brown earth colours. Nice and neutral too, but just a bit different for a change. And as the high quality of the Kahles also deserves a stylish finish, the Helia 8x56 features a leather Waldkauz strap with quick release buckles.

As you can expect from Kahles, the Helia 5x56 offers an incredible clear image that even in twilight is still very detailed and rich of contrast. With a 7 mm exit pupil, the maximum of incoming light is transferred to the eyes. The large diameter of the objective (56 mm) does help, but it’s the high clarity and quality of the lenses what makes the biggest difference.

As the Kahles Helia 8x56 binoculars offers a 8x magnification, the handheld view is very steady. And having a viewing angle of 7 degrees (thanks to the magnification, the apparent viewing angle is 52.2 degrees) the Kahles Helia 8x56 binoculars offers a field of view of 122 metres at a distance of 1000 metres. Focussing can be done from 4 metres onward.

The eye relief is 18 mm and to be able to adjust this perfectly for everybody, the twisting eye cups can be set in three different distances. So, whether you’re wearing glasses or have deep eye sockets, you’re always sure of a perfect eye distance. The right ocular of the Kahles Helia 8x56 binoculars features an adjustable dioptre with a range from -3 to +3 dpt to get a clear image for both eyes.

Of course, the Kahles Helia 8x56 binoculars isn’t just a quality piece of optical engineering, first and foremost it’s a robust piece of very usable equipment. It’s waterproof and to prevent internal fogging up when rapid temperature changes occur, it’s filled with nitrogen.