coopershawk
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Has anyone used both of these? I think I've read somewhere that the optics are the same, the only difference being the ergonomics. Does that mean the focus tension/speed are the same in both? Has anyone noticed any play/slop?
The reason I'm interested in these particular models is that I have an opticron bga classic 7x36 and really like the focuser. Very smooth, precise, no play at all. I'm mostly sold on 7x (looove the depth of field), but curiosity has me looking at one of these 8x32's for the wider FOV. The only other 8x32's I've looked through have been the sightron and mojave. Sightron was returned because the eye cups annoyingly fogged up for me whenever I looked through them for longer than 10 seconds or so. Mojave was returned because the focuser was way too stiff. If anyone could compare the focusers on the verano or imagic to any of these models I'd really appreciate that.
Thanks!
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Also, my preference tends to be towards close bridge designs, so I'm leaning towards imagic right now. This is because my IPD is somewhat narrow, so I usually can't utilize much of the space between the barrels of open bridge designs. BUT, the thin barrels of the sightron did work for me. Are the barrels of the verano a similar size? Or are they fatter?
The reason I'm interested in these particular models is that I have an opticron bga classic 7x36 and really like the focuser. Very smooth, precise, no play at all. I'm mostly sold on 7x (looove the depth of field), but curiosity has me looking at one of these 8x32's for the wider FOV. The only other 8x32's I've looked through have been the sightron and mojave. Sightron was returned because the eye cups annoyingly fogged up for me whenever I looked through them for longer than 10 seconds or so. Mojave was returned because the focuser was way too stiff. If anyone could compare the focusers on the verano or imagic to any of these models I'd really appreciate that.
Thanks!
EDIT:
Also, my preference tends to be towards close bridge designs, so I'm leaning towards imagic right now. This is because my IPD is somewhat narrow, so I usually can't utilize much of the space between the barrels of open bridge designs. BUT, the thin barrels of the sightron did work for me. Are the barrels of the verano a similar size? Or are they fatter?
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