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  1. BruceH

    Troubador's Review of Bushnell Legend M 8x42 and Trophy 8x32

    That could be! Just because the dot connect does not mean they follow the correct path, thus the comment about it only being an assumption. I always wonder how the general marketing hype that describes the product technology, such as XTR coatings, can apply across the board since different...
  2. BruceH

    Troubador's Review of Bushnell Legend M 8x42 and Trophy 8x32

    Well, it looks like Zen Ray did a midstream coating change with the ED3. That may explain why we differ on what we see for color balance. Legend M Coatings: The Bushnell web site for the Legend M shows either symbols or states the following coatings..... - Di-electric coatings - Ultra...
  3. BruceH

    Troubador's Review of Bushnell Legend M 8x42 and Trophy 8x32

    Jerry, I take it your speculation is that the Rogers Sporting Goods deal on eBay for the 8X42 M is a sellout of a batch of factory seconds. I doubt that is the case. First, Rogers seems to me to be a very reputable seller. I would expect them to state if it were a second and they do not...
  4. BruceH

    Troubador's Review of Bushnell Legend M 8x42 and Trophy 8x32

    Jerry.... I wonder if we are looking at different models when it comes to the Legend L. What I understand to be the Legend L is on the left and the M is on the right. Specs show a length of 5.5 inches for the L and 6.5 for the M. Do you have a link to the picture of the Legend L you are...
  5. BruceH

    Troubador's Review of Bushnell Legend M 8x42 and Trophy 8x32

    I agree that the two are not exactly the same but the it looks like Bushnell started with the Zen Ray design and made a few modifications where they thought it was needed. An examination of inside the barrels with a light looks the same. I consider them clones with some differences. The most...
  6. BruceH

    Troubador's Review of Bushnell Legend M 8x42 and Trophy 8x32

    The eyecups on my Zen Ray look good. Setting the diopter retracts the eye piece when setting to the negative side and raises it when setting to the positive side. Below are photos showing my Zen Ray ED3 10X43 at the different position settings. At max negative diopter setting ........ At...
  7. BruceH

    Troubador's Review of Bushnell Legend M 8x42 and Trophy 8x32

    Barry ..... Thanks for posting your review. Nice job. Sounds like one of your first views is of a rememberable scene. Keep an eye on Amazon in a few days during their Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. There is always a chance they will have a discount on the 10X42 version of the Legend...
  8. BruceH

    Troubador's Review of Bushnell Legend M 8x42 and Trophy 8x32

    C J, Looks like some of our different conclusions come down to personal preference. Lucky for me that the changes made by Bushnell favor my preferences. The color of the objectives is interesting. If I understand your comments correctly on your Zen Ray having magenta coloured objective...
  9. BruceH

    Troubador's Review of Bushnell Legend M 8x42 and Trophy 8x32

    Rogers Sporting Goods has been running an excellent special on the 8X42 Bushnell Legend M on their eBay site with a great price of approximately $160. Multiple members have jumped on the offer and so there is renewed discussion of this very good binocular. The sale is discussed in the...
  10. BruceH

    Troubador's Review of Bushnell Legend M 8x42 and Trophy 8x32

    Hello Bill, I also saw the B & H review on the 15.2 vs the 22 mm eye relief. My take is Bushnell made an error in publishing the original specs so that put them right up there with Leica and makes my Legend M an alpha! Bushnell now shows the 15 mm on the Legend M 10X42 web page and the specs...
  11. BruceH

    Troubador's Review of Bushnell Legend M 8x42 and Trophy 8x32

    Thanks Lee. Actually the price may turn out to be better than I thought when I bought it as the Deal of the Day from Amazon for $164.99 I subsequently came across a $35 rebate on the Legend M. What is interesting is Bushnell does not have it set up in their online system for promotions and it...
  12. BruceH

    Troubador's Review of Bushnell Legend M 8x42 and Trophy 8x32

    10X42 Legend M When I first saw this model in a store shortly after it came out I thought the diopter ring could possibly be plastic. My faded memory is that it had somewhat of a shine to it and it had crooked alignment in relation to the barrel. Now having recently acquired a Legend M...
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