My stand-alone rangefinder has a “close/far” selection feature. In the close setting it will provide the range to the closest thing in the sensor’s field of view. In the far setting it will give the range to the farthest thing in view.

I don’t have rangefinder binoculars, but a recent release by Vectronix of the Vector X series of binoculars caught my attention because of their capabilities. When I contacted the company, though, they said that the binoculars didn’t have the close/far feature.

My question: do any rangefinder binoculars have the close/far selection feature I described?

My Canon Binoc's do autofocus. Don't tell you how far something is, it is in focus. I have no clue how they work, but this is the 2nd set I have. The first set was only 10x. the covering just came off. Not wear, just lous fitting I guess. This set is 15 x and is great. My only regret is not buying the big buck set 18x. I use them early every day, and its been a couple of years now. Not the usual problem with that kind of thing because they auto stabilize, which is great.

I wouldn't think so. Laser rangefinders work by timing the time it takes an IR laser to bounce off an object. Being binoculars I would think it would have a fixed aiming point and narrow beam to define particular objects at a time.

Some older 'point and see' rangefinders used a wide beam and timed the first and last return, because it couldn't tell your particular aim point.

Personally I prefer narrow beams as I like to know my target is at 37 yards, and not somewhere between 23 and 52.

Besides a larger field of view what is the value of such feature?
Can't you simply aim it at the intended target, close or far to get the distance info?
I only have a Golf Rangefinder and that is how it works.
BTW, those new Vectronix rangefinders coming out in a few months have caught my eye too.

My Sig Kilo rangefinding binos have a circle that you place on what you’re ranging.

Well, it’s obvious why they don’t have the feature, but here’s why I like the close/far feature:

A deer is standing 50 yards in front of a bluff. The deer takes up about a quarter of the sensor beam, the bluff in the background takes up the rest. With the “close” setting selected, the rangefinder will tell you the distance to the deer and ignore the return from the bluff. Matter?

A target is being engaged in a heavy snowstorm. With the “far” setting, the range given will be to the target; without it, the range will be to some part of the snow—if any reading is returned at all. Ranging a target seen through a loose screen of tree branches; without the “far” setting the range given will be to the branches. Matter?

But my question was whether any binocular rangefinders have the close/far feature; the above, therefore, is just to satisfy the idle curious. And my Laser Technology rangefinder does have the close/far settings and I like it a lot. So, evidently, do other users of the device or it wouldn't have it.

Don't get the Nikon golf rangefinder. It never gives me the correct distance to the pin since I'm always a club long or short. Its definitely not my game either, so quit speculating on my 'over-parredness'.