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    Nitrogen fill, how long

    The rate of nitrogen diffusion from nitrogen-filled binoculars depends on various factors like temperature, pressure, and the permeability of the materials used. In general, nitrogen-filled binoculars are designed to maintain their nitrogen content for a number of years, typically without...
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    Review of the KITE OPTICS APC 18x50 ED stabilized binoculars

    Dear Piergiovanni, „thank you for thanking me“ (I never thought I once would write that odd sentence ;)). You are a busy man indeed, and it‘s great you still put that much effort into reviews such as the one on the Kite. I not only find it well laid out and written, I also concur with basically...
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    • Forum: Kite
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    Review of the KITE OPTICS APC 18x50 ED stabilized binoculars

    Thank you, Piergiovanni. Much welcome and appreciated!!! This is for me one of the best reviews you ever published. Canip
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    • Post #2
    • Forum: Kite
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    Questions about Conquest HD 8x42 binoculars replacement longer eye-cups

    Are you sure?
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    Perhaps another game changer

    Thanks for the link,Neil! What do you want to point out with it? For me, Jordan‘s review appears more balanced in its wording and conclusion than yours. Could you not edit your own review and leave some of the „perplexing“ language away? Good in-depth reviews are rare, and you have certainly...
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    Perhaps another game changer

    Reading Andreas‘ post made me re-read Neil‘s review (post # 78 above) more carefully than before and have to admit I am somewhat perplexed about certain statements that I found there. Consider these (emphasis by me): „I now have the opportunity of presenting an instrument that, I believe...
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    Perhaps another game changer

    Can you tell us more about this ?
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    Perhaps another game changer

    Quote from Neil‘s review: „….This new series of binoculars by Sky Rover represents the most highly advanced binocular that competes favourably with European brands costing several times their modest price tags….“ (emphasis by me) Shouldn‘t we wait and see how the Sky Rover performs after 2...
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    Perhaps another game changer

    Not by Holger or Piergiovanni, but others are unfortunately sometimes expressing their excitement a bit too loudly for my (and perhaps dries1’s?) sensitive ears …;) Perhaps I should wear ear plugs more often:unsure:
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    S.O.N.A. Repair 8x32 EL

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    SWAROVSKI AX VISIO: MY LEARNINGS IN A NUTSHELL

    Of course (neither am I, nor probably you;)). But I found it interesting that it seems to cope better than Merlin with small, distant birds. However, I so far only tested it with birds in Switzerland, where there are perhaps more previous sightings (which iNaturalist uses) than in other places.
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    APM 6.5x32 APO - Some first impressions

    The 8x30 had always been ED (see https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/676116-apm-8x30-ed-and-6x30-porro-binoculars-prototypes/?p=9634993#entry9634993)
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    SWAROVSKI AX VISIO: MY LEARNINGS IN A NUTSHELL

    „Postscriptum“: 12. iNaturalist works well with the Visio photos As discussed, the „natural“ reaction when birds have not been recognized / identified in the Visio is to later use the Merlin app with the Visio photos, which in my experience has a high chance of success (80% or more). The app...
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    Einblickverhalten/ease of view FL 7x42 vs FL 8x32

    For me, the 7x42 is clearly better in terms of ease of view. The 7x42 has about 3 mm more „usable“ eye relief, since the eyecup fully screwed in is almost flush with the outmost lens of the eyepiece, on the 8x32 I „lose“ about 1.5 - 2 mm, and technical eye relief is 1 mm shorter than on the 7x42.
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    Usable Eye Relief (spartan method)

    Gijs (post # 44), What you are measuring is what I call the "technical" eye relief, measured from the lens surface. This is in optics terms the "correct" way to measure eye relief, but for people wearing glasses the result is not necessarily a very useful number. I measure from the rim of the...
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