Rathaus
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Let me get in before any naysayers by saying - yes...I do indeed realise that these are not the worlds greatest binoculars by today's standards, but when I'm in a relaxed mood, they really do bring me great viewing pleasure. They are charming instruments with a special view which for me has the 'X factor' we all enjoy in some form or another.
So, I've been rotating the old trinivids into the viewing mix lately. These two in particular - the 10x40 (122m) and the 8x32 (150m)....I've taken to using them quite well without the very thin outermost plastic/rubber eye cups (unscrewed). The 10x40 appear to have an extra mm or two built into the outer spacer ring (chapter ring) as you can see in the photo.
I wear no specs, and The eye relief is minuscule on these bins, but I prefer that, ultimately due to the very intimate view on offer which I just don't quite get from bins when my eyes are thrust out an inch from the eyepieces. I've taken to wiping my eyes and lashes down quite vigorously with a clean damp towel prior to viewing to remove excess oil and this does make a difference. I also have a feeling that when the small eyecups are left in place, they tend to unhelpfully funnel my lashes in towards the eyepiece.
Have any other owners of these bins experimented with eyecup modification or added sticking foam or bicycle tubes or winged eyecups or anything else...to give a larger stabilising anchoring point for my brow. Do any other larger eyepieces fit..generic or otherwise?
I might also try some winged eyecups.
Warm regards,
Rathaus
So, I've been rotating the old trinivids into the viewing mix lately. These two in particular - the 10x40 (122m) and the 8x32 (150m)....I've taken to using them quite well without the very thin outermost plastic/rubber eye cups (unscrewed). The 10x40 appear to have an extra mm or two built into the outer spacer ring (chapter ring) as you can see in the photo.
I wear no specs, and The eye relief is minuscule on these bins, but I prefer that, ultimately due to the very intimate view on offer which I just don't quite get from bins when my eyes are thrust out an inch from the eyepieces. I've taken to wiping my eyes and lashes down quite vigorously with a clean damp towel prior to viewing to remove excess oil and this does make a difference. I also have a feeling that when the small eyecups are left in place, they tend to unhelpfully funnel my lashes in towards the eyepiece.
Have any other owners of these bins experimented with eyecup modification or added sticking foam or bicycle tubes or winged eyecups or anything else...to give a larger stabilising anchoring point for my brow. Do any other larger eyepieces fit..generic or otherwise?
I might also try some winged eyecups.
Warm regards,
Rathaus
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