Giorgio
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I had an rest day today, which i honnestly deserved ! and i went to the Fnac, a huge multimedia distributor in France.
I was hanging around, wondering how to spend some few €€ in stupid attractive multimedia stuff.
I suddenly fall into a place where are some binoculars, cameras, tripods.
Bing, some nikon binocular models!
I did try a 7x35 action vii, and a 8x40 action vii ex.
My try was a long 10 mins one (10 mins is very long when there is a salesperson looking at you and waiting that you are finished).
Optically
The action vii are better to my eyes: very very sharp at the center, and the sweet spot is very correct for their huge angle of view. The colours are extremely well close to reality (surprising for their price!). There are some visible flares. I detected a few CA on the sweet spot, and CA is quit important on the edges (lets say 2° extreme of the 9°), so that's good. 70 euros.
The action vii extreme are not that great optically.
I first saw a clear yellowish tint, as in the minox, and other chinese optics. Colours are not as good as in the normal action.
The sharpness is not as good as in the normal action. It is good, not extremely good. I say on the action, sweet spot sharpness is a 9/10 (excellentissimus for the price), and action ex is a 7.5-8/10 sharpness on the sweet spot. A noticeable difference.
The ex shows way less flaring that the normal action. I suspect their coatings to be better or more recent. The CA seems a few better controled in the ex, only a few and not at the center, but at the edges. The sweet spot is exactly the same.
Their body
The action vii is cool to be felt in the hands. The action ex is excellent in the hands.
Eyecups are not comfortable in both models. Maybe only a few better on the ex. I suspect the ex eyecups not to last long with repeated chinese clicks. I suspect the action eyecups to last very long with no moving parts.
I suspect the action body to be more fragile than the action ex.
The action ex seems extremely strong and robust. The action seem robust.
I would say the action could be used properly during 2-3 years. I would say the action ex could be used properly during 3-6 years. I am talking about robustness, shockproof, mechanisms.
I was hanging around, wondering how to spend some few €€ in stupid attractive multimedia stuff.
I suddenly fall into a place where are some binoculars, cameras, tripods.
Bing, some nikon binocular models!
I did try a 7x35 action vii, and a 8x40 action vii ex.
My try was a long 10 mins one (10 mins is very long when there is a salesperson looking at you and waiting that you are finished).
Optically
The action vii are better to my eyes: very very sharp at the center, and the sweet spot is very correct for their huge angle of view. The colours are extremely well close to reality (surprising for their price!). There are some visible flares. I detected a few CA on the sweet spot, and CA is quit important on the edges (lets say 2° extreme of the 9°), so that's good. 70 euros.
The action vii extreme are not that great optically.
I first saw a clear yellowish tint, as in the minox, and other chinese optics. Colours are not as good as in the normal action.
The sharpness is not as good as in the normal action. It is good, not extremely good. I say on the action, sweet spot sharpness is a 9/10 (excellentissimus for the price), and action ex is a 7.5-8/10 sharpness on the sweet spot. A noticeable difference.
The ex shows way less flaring that the normal action. I suspect their coatings to be better or more recent. The CA seems a few better controled in the ex, only a few and not at the center, but at the edges. The sweet spot is exactly the same.
Their body
The action vii is cool to be felt in the hands. The action ex is excellent in the hands.
Eyecups are not comfortable in both models. Maybe only a few better on the ex. I suspect the ex eyecups not to last long with repeated chinese clicks. I suspect the action eyecups to last very long with no moving parts.
I suspect the action body to be more fragile than the action ex.
The action ex seems extremely strong and robust. The action seem robust.
I would say the action could be used properly during 2-3 years. I would say the action ex could be used properly during 3-6 years. I am talking about robustness, shockproof, mechanisms.