Why metal eyecups? (1 Viewer)

Hey Boys and Girls. I have been wrestling with a pair of 10x zrs and have not been able to get hooked up with them. No point going into why not, but suffice it to say I had determined to buy myself some alpha's but, decided on a whim to look at the ED2 10x because of the press.

BUT. I just discovered from the ZR website that they have metal eye cups. Anybody know why they would do this? In years past I had various bins with metal or hard plastic eye cups and all I got out of the experience was scratched glasses. I wear expensive bi-focals and would not want to have to replace them a couple of times a year. The soft rubber eye pieces I have had on my last several bins saved my glasses.

Likely Zen Ray has lost a sale because of this "upgrade." Any thoughts would be appreciated.

I believe those metal eyecups are the moving parts that move up and down. There are smooth rubber covers wrapped around them. I don't wear glasses. You will never see the metal unless you peel off the rubber covers. It is a good design. One of my friends has a old Nikon Monarch, which has plastic eyecups covered by rubber. Over the time, the plastic cracked and he had to send it in for service.

I got my 7x36 ED2 over the weekend. Only spent less than an hour on it so far. I like what I see. I don't see any metal eyecups on the ED2 eyepiece. Whatever that is, it is covered by rubber band, pertty much like every twist-up eyecup I have seen.

Thanks a lot for the info guys, makes a lot more sense now. Thinks I'll write ZR and point out the confusion which is possible in their description of the bins.