Thanks Ötzi,
good work and we seem to think along the same lines. There are some minor differences, for example my own Nikon E II has a lot more colour neutral view than my Meostar.
However, this could either mean that your Meopta is more colour neutral than mine or that your Nikon E II has a warmer view than mine.
At least, I find the differences quite pronounced.
I don't agree that the brain will reliably establish and maintain colour constancy.
In normal use, we lift the binoculars, look for a while and put them down. Then, when we look with the unaided eyes, the brain will make the white balancing.
The moments we use the binoculars are usually too brief to establish colour constancy. YMMV.
Unlike you, I've (thank goodness!) experienced no problems with eye positioning.
With the Minox HG 8x33, those problems were constantly imminent. I do, however, recognize the tendencies to kidney-beaning but that's when I use contacts and forget not to push the binoculars too close to the eyes.
In my recent user report I didn't mention the distorsion properties but I concur with your findings.
I would also like to add that the Nikon E II is brighter in dusk but when it's nearly dark, the Meostar wins the race thanks to its larger exit pupils.
This is not theory, I did see it and it made me astonished. I had expected the Nikon's transmission rate to be so much higher that it would erase the Meostar's exit pupil benefit. Not so.
//L