Terra 10.9 ounce.
Pocket 12.2 ounce.
So it's not "almost half the weight," it's "almost all the weight."
Just curious if anyone has tried these yet? I have only just seen this model, so guess recent, maybe new? it looks similar to the Swaro pocket, but almost half the weight and almost half the price of that.
At about $300.00 it costs around $500.00 less than the CL Pocket and is about the same weight as noted by Mark.
Bob
You're right Mark, I think Ben must have been looking at the specs for the CL Companion and not the CL Pocket.
Lee
Just curious if anyone has tried these yet? I have only just seen this model, so guess recent, maybe new? it looks similar to the Swaro pocket, but almost half the weight and almost half the price of that.
The FOV seems a little narrow: 118.5m @1,000m.
Just curious if anyone has tried these yet? I have only just seen this model, so guess recent, maybe new? it looks similar to the Swaro pocket, but almost half the weight and almost half the price of that.
I had a look at Birdfair too and found them neither fun or easy on the eye. The sample I tried wasn't sharp, the colours were dull and the sweetspot small. I asked the lady from Zeiss if they were all that bad and she just smiled and shrugged her shoulders so I presume the answer was yes so I moved on. You can get a lot better for less elsewhere IMO.
David
You can get a lot better for less elsewhere IMO.
David
I'd love to see that but I bet it's very soft off centre
Maybe my reply is coming in late, but I just want to tell that redcently I made exact the same search for a 8x25 (or that size segment) binocular with good optics and large FOV. I settled for the new Eschenbach Trophy F 8x25ED. The FOV (144m) may sound like immagination, but I have compared it with my Zeiss Conquest 8x32HD (140m) and it appears to be true. I am happy with them and I wrote a positive review in amazon.de recently. Only problem was that I had noticed some specimens that were not clean inside.
My conclusion was
"So, in brief, if you are lucky and get a good specimen (Eschenbach's product control should be better) then you have a compact binocular that performs almost like a full size bino. Easy to hold, good FoV, large sharp sweetspot, true colors, low CA, reasonable light transmission, and large and distinct focus wheel. But I reduce one star due to that certain amount of gamble involved when buying them (But amazon and other sellers often have good return policies)."