I had to have the rubber armor replaced on my Zeiss 8x42 FL. The new armor came with a Victory FL name "printed" on it. Actually, it is part of the rubber armor, but it sticks out. And the edges of the letters are rather prominent. The stupid thing, at least as far as I'm concerned, is the fact that this lettering is placed exactly where my fingertips rest when I hold the binoculars in a relaxed way. And the lettering definitely has an irritating effect. No problems with gloves, of course, but certainly with the bare hands. Also, it's no problem when I hold the binoculars more tightly, as the fingertips are then placed more over the barrel.
The only way to solve the problem is to carefully cut off the protruding letters. The attached pictures show the original lettering, a stage when only the first four letters were removed, and finally the situation after the removal. It definitely feels better that way now. But I hate to have had to do the cutting, always risking to actually do some damage. Even now, one can tell that I spent more time on the first three letters than on the rest. The problem was that I had to replace the blade, and while it did cut better, it was also more prone to remove too much.
It completely eludes me why the letters were placed at the particular location. They are not sufficiently prominent to have an advertising effect. (They only shine rather prominently in the first picture because I used a situation with a high-contrast illumination to take the pictures.) But they definitely have the potential to irritate the customers.
I should add that the original version of this armor came without the letters.
The only way to solve the problem is to carefully cut off the protruding letters. The attached pictures show the original lettering, a stage when only the first four letters were removed, and finally the situation after the removal. It definitely feels better that way now. But I hate to have had to do the cutting, always risking to actually do some damage. Even now, one can tell that I spent more time on the first three letters than on the rest. The problem was that I had to replace the blade, and while it did cut better, it was also more prone to remove too much.
It completely eludes me why the letters were placed at the particular location. They are not sufficiently prominent to have an advertising effect. (They only shine rather prominently in the first picture because I used a situation with a high-contrast illumination to take the pictures.) But they definitely have the potential to irritate the customers.
I should add that the original version of this armor came without the letters.
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