Eye relief Zeiss Conquest Compacts (1 Viewer)

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savwaves

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• Feb 16, 2010

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I need a pair of 8x or 10x compacts, but I won't be able to get to a shop to try them.

The Zeiss Conquest 8x20 look the right price and a perfect size, but the rubber eye cups look pathetic.

Has anybody with experience of these bins had any problems with the eye relief?? Good / bad??

I don't ever wear glasses.

I have tried the Victory 10x25 and I used to own Ultravid 10x25 (both excellent), I know I can't expect the same quality, but eye relief is one of the major factors for my enjoyable use of optics.

Any info would be appreciated!

 

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John Russell

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• Feb 16, 2010

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The eye relief of 15mm is marginal for use with glasses but is absolutely no problem without.
That said, the viewing comfort of compact bins cannot be compared to that of full-size bins with exit pupils in excess of 4mm.
Rubber eyecups can really be quite comfortable (physically), it's just that they are slow to change from use with and without glasses and will eventually suffer from repeated folding.

John

 

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savwaves

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• Feb 17, 2010

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Thanks for the information John. These are to be a second binocular for walking the dog and cycling etc., so not needed for prolonged 'comfort' viewing. With me having no need to fold the eyecups down, the Zeiss are looking very attractive.

 

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Nessus

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• Feb 26, 2010

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I found myself wishing the eyecups were a bit bigger. I find most manufacturers dont give enough eyecup for the relief they provide so I now modify them to be longer. I made them wider too because my main problem was my eyelash was filling up the small 20mm cup.



They even close all the way and now the view is perfect except like larger binoculars I occasionally get some backside flare but I'm working on a solution for that too.

 

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statestat

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• Mar 2, 2010

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I have the Zeiss Victory 8x20 and absolutely love them. They are in my briefcase and with me at all times. Very portable for travel and at football games when people borrow them, they comment that they are like HDTV bins compared to other bins. Eye relief sucks but I just remove my glasses, none of the compacts I have tried have adequate ER. For the money your use per cost ratio will be above any other pair. In the daylight they can really stand-up to larger bins, but as expected suffer when the light gets low.

 

Kevin Purcell

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• Mar 2, 2010

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Eye relief sucks but I just remove my glasses, none of the compacts I have tried have adequate ER

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I have no problems with ER on the Zeiss Victory. It has plenty of ER for me.

What prescription and type of glasses do you use?