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  1. Renze de Vries

    Kowa Genesis/XD 8x33 and 10x33

    Hello Maciek, Excellent review, I can easily relate to all aspects mentioned. Comment: I think what you call off axis-sharpness could be called sweet spot. So there's a limited sweet spot. I'm pretty certain, on theoretical grounds and from direct experience, that the 8.5XD is much better in...
  2. Renze de Vries

    Kowa Genesis/XD 8x33 and 10x33

    Well, I can readily imagine someone seeing his horizon bend up and down, or his trees and lampposts bend in and out, think all this should be avoided in binoculars. Remember there are lots of people also who demand a binocular's sharpness to be equallly good in the center as on the edge. There...
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