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    Sirui VA-5 vs Manfrotto MVH500AH (visual comparison)

    sorry I no longer have the MVH500. ive only got Sirui VA-5 and VH-10 and use the VH-10 with the BTX115.
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    A day afield with 8x42 NLs after 20 years using 8x32 EL and EL SVs.

    Just an open question from me - did you buy the NL’s with a view to replacing the EL’s or were the NL’s always a supplementary pair to the EL’s? i was just trying to understand in face of your comment that “for now the the EL’s will remain my primary binos…” i’m also going through some of the...
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    Advice for first (high-end) binoculars : Safari & Birding

    Great pics. Thank you for sharing!! did you use any accessories to take the pics through the bino eyepiece?
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    Best all-around: SFL 8x30 or 8x40?

    not to hijack this thread but sounds uncannily like the journey I've just been through trying to find an alternative to my Swaro EL 8x32...... Zeiss SF, Zeiss FL, Leica UVHD+, Nikon EDG, and back to square one.... sometimes lessons are learnt the hard (expensive) way.
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    Too much eye relief on 7x42 EDG

    I seem to be particularly sensitive to eye placement and ease of view - must be my facial topography. I struggled with Zeiss SF’s and Swaro NL’s both of which were somewhat finicky. where i avoided blackouts, I couldn’t get a solid defined field stop, it was blurry and where i adjusted (both IPD...
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    Too much eye relief on 7x42 EDG

    Thanks all for the great feedback. Im typically a EL32 user but recently purchased the EDG8x32 and really enjoying them hence the temptation to add another EDG to the collection. Given the compact size I thought of getting the 7x or 8x42m…. Given some of the comments and my own concerns around...
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    Too much eye relief on 7x42 EDG

    Hi all i’m considering a 7x42 and was wondering how ppl who own this find the eye relief? I believe its got 22mm eye relief. Just wondering if its too much? I prefer to tuck the binoculars into my eye sockets and can do this comfortably with my EDG32’s and ELSV32’s. This also helps with...
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    Advice for first (high-end) binoculars : Safari & Birding

    We’ve just come back from Kenya where we visited a number of parks and we had Swaro CL 8x25’s for our kids and took Swaro EL 32’s for my wife and I. i personally would not use the 25’s unless it was as backup as the viewing comfort just doesn’t compare to the larger 32’s. I carried my EL32’s...
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    Got my first Nikon today…

    actually i lie……..many many years ago i had a Nikon Aculon 10x50 - this was the first optic i personally bought and i basically followed in the footsteps of my father and grandfather who had traditional Porro binos from the 50’s and 60’s (unknown brand) as i had no idea about the world of...
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    New binoculars from Swarovski: Range 32 and new phone adapter

    This is an interesting design from Swaro - looks like they may have piggybacked off the older model CL chassis for this one…. interesting to see how the dimensions measure up the tradition EL 8x32 that we all know so well. I also wonder if longer term all Swaro’s EL’s will move to this design...
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    EL opinions

    I prefer the ergonomics and focuser position of the EL 32’s much more over the NL 32’s.
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    Northern Kenya trip

    Jambo mate, great part of the world. We happened to make the mistake of visiting Lake Turkana just after it had rained in the Chalbi which turned it into a quagmire - we probably 4-5hrs each day just digging the vehicle out so progress was VERY slow…… but Lake Turkana is worth it! Good luck with...
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    Swarovski eye candy...

    i should hv clarified i was thinking of the 85mm over the 95mm due to marginally larger EP due to the change in magnification for the 85mm vs the 95mm…. Also i think the 85mm is also quite a bit more compact and i might travel with it more frequently… but yes both are dimmer than the ATX...
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    Swarovski eye candy...

    I hate to think of the price this would be given Swaro’s recent price increases the jump of the NL’s over the EL’s :-)
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    Versions of 8x30 CL

    There hv only been 2 models in the CL range. The one you’ve pictured is the older model. The newer CL B model is on Swaro’s website https://www.swarovskioptik.com/int/en/birding/products/binoculars/cl/cl-companion/cl-companion-8x30 the older model came in a blue variant as well, marketed as...
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