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    And now for something completely different: The Habicht 7x42

    The Seeger Military Binoculars monograph did single out the BPO and the old Zeiss DF for exceptional optical quality. The EDF was just rated as very good. Unfortunately, there is no discussion of where the difference lies.
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    And now for something completely different: The Habicht 7x42

    That is the modern post Soviet version, with the tall rubber eye cups. The original is seen here: http://www.holgermerlitz.de/images/bpo_7x30.jpg as part of this discussion: http://www.holgermerlitz.de/edf7x40.html Logically, the current version should have better coatings and presumably the...
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    And now for something completely different: The Habicht 7x42

    Have to get the right version, the Soviet era design had screw down eye cups that could be extended over a centimeter, but when retracted worked very well with glasses. The post Soviet production was much lower cost, so a tall rubber fold down eye cup was substituted instead. I've seen claims...
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    And now for something completely different: The Habicht 7x42

    This is indeed a really fine piece of optics, analogous to the Zeiss Jena DF7x40, which is however another 20% heavier at 1300 gram versus 1050 gram for the KOMZ. Super comfortable viewing but IF is a killer for birding.
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