SlashScope

With the appearance of 'digital binoculars' on the scene, the learning curve has inclined slightly upwards for the newbie seeking to understand the various aspects of the scopes. Phil Bloom, Outdoors editor for Fort Wayne.com, seeks to explain binocular terminology in an informative interview with Dr. Bill Cross (senior engineering project manager for Bushnell). 'If you’re in the market for a pair of binoculars but don’t understand all the numbers – including the ones on the price tags – then Dr. Bill Cross has the answers that can bring everything into focus.Cross is the senior engineering project manager for Bushnell, an optics company in Overland Park, Kan., and a Purdue graduate.Before sorting through the array of binoculars on the store shelf, Cross starts with some simple questions.“What do you want them for?” he said. “Do you want to look at sports? Maybe waterproofing isn’t as important as if you were using them for hunting.'