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    Help me choose something in between my Zeiss pocket 8x25 and my SF 8x42.

    I'm looking for a 7 or 8x to slot in between these two for when one is too big and one is too small. The obvious answer might be an SF 8X32 but I wasn't that keen on a brief test ( possibly not enough eye relief) and I don't really want to spend that much either ( max maybe £1300) Candidates so...
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    Zeiss HT 8X42 dazzling flare spots

    Anyone else get this? Awesome binoculars in just about every other way but I find the internal flaring quite distracting on occasions. I don't know if it's a side effect of their amazing brightness but I've never encountered a binocular that has such bright pinpoint spots of flare, almost like...
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    Brightness puzzlement, EII 8x30 v Conquest HD 8x32 v Opticron DBA VHD

    Firstly, I don't have the Zeiss anymore, I sold it after clearly seeing a stark difference in mildly overcast late daytime brightness in repeated A-B comparisons with my Opticron DBA VHD 8x42, I found the Opticron very VERY much brighter which really surprised me as I'd owned the Conquest a few...
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    Guess the duck. UK

    Saw this on my local patch today, was completely baffled at first and was looking forward to posting it here to get an ID. I've now worked out what it is but thought I'd post it here anyway :)
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    Badly scratched ocular lenses- How will it affect the view?

    I've just bought some used Vortex viper HD 8x32's , part of the ad description read: 'They're just as functional as when purchased and the lenses have been very well cared for with the rubber covers always on when not in use.' Well, you can imagine my surprise when I found the lenses in the...
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    Nikon SE 505 v 550 - The girlfriend test.

    I know this has been discussed to death and probably doesn't need any more added to it but I thought it deserved its own little thread for future reference. Anyway,not being able to reach any conclusion myself in comparing my two SE's ( I sometimes think the 550's MIGHT be a little brighter, a...
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    SLC 8x42 HD focuser problem

    Maybe someone can help. I've just picked up an immaculate used pair of these for what I thought was a cracking price and am mightily impressed but for one small problem, the focus is rough as heck. Its fairly smooth one way but the other is all sticky and jerky and no fun at all. Is this normal...
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    Frontier ED 8x36 Nikon SE rivalling sharpness!

    Am I going mad? I've owned the original Hawke ED 8x43's and the Zen ED2 7x36's before and both got sold due to a perceived lack of sharpness and transparency compared to porros like the 8x SE and the Opticron HRWP 8x42 . Well, I picked up some Hawke ED 8x36's on the bay pretty cheap just as a...
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    Usefulness or otherwise of 20x fixed eyepiece (Nikon ED50 related)

    Just a few questions regarding my Nikon ED50 with 20xW eyepiece. I bought these for £325.00 used a couple of weeks ago, great price I thought :) Anyway I'm new to scopes having always just used 7 or 8x bins for birding, but seeing most birders seem to have scopes these days I thought I'd...
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    Rainy day indoor binocular shootout.

    Ok, its pouring down with rain here and I was bored so I just did a little test with my three binos, a very simplistic and far from scientific one I know, soley concerned with the ease in which i could read the serial number on a small notebook on my windowsill from 35 ft away. Here are the...
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    Low(ish) cost roofs to match my Opticron HR WP 8x42 porros?

    Hi there, Ive found this forum very helpful in choosing binoculars for myself ( HR WP 8x42's) but I'm now looking for ( preferably) some roof prisms with a nice wide field of view and good close up ability for my partner that will match or come very close to the optical quality of the HRWP's...
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