Alotaibi,
Welcome! That's some endorsement. You sold your EL after buying the 8x30 DF. Too bad they are all gone!
That makes more sense that the DFs were ordered for the military and are secondarily being used for hunting.
I know there are a lot of wealthy Saudis, but the idea that a group of hunters were able to coax Swarovski into making a special batch of non-reticle DFs just for them seemed a bit far fetched.
The question I have for you and xu42 is how hard is it to turn the EP diopters on the 8x30 DFs?
I had a Fujinon 6x30 FMTR-SX with IF EPs, and the eyepiece diopters were very hard to turn. Since my focus accommodation isn't what it used to be when I was younger, I had to do a lot of focusing and eventually got frustrated and sold the Fujis despite their amazing optics.
I guess it's a moot point now that all the 8x30s have been sold, but I'm still curious about how hard it is to turn the IF EPs.
It's also of interest because people have reported that the CF 8x30 Habicht has a stiff focuser. My experience with WP porros is that the focusers tend to be stiff because of the tight sealing required to make them waterproof.
For hunting where you are viewing at long distances, this might not be an issue. However, for birding and general use where you are often changing distances, a stiff focuser -- on TWO diopters no less -- would be a deal killer for me.
Brock
