Mint/new 8x30 E IIs available (1 Viewer)

[tenex]

Just want to mention that there are two lovely (mint or new) 8x30 E IIs in the classifieds at reasonable prices.

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/nikon-8x30-eii-new-in-box.439463/

https://www.birdforum.net/threads/nikon-8x30-eii.444026/

This is like a superblue moon! I have one, but surely someone doesn't yet...?

 

[tenex]

I'll just add that 10x users like me will find an E II a great way to experience 8x with FOV comparable to NL/SF, at a small fraction of the cost.

 

[mwhogue]

tenex,

I'm a fan of 10x as well and generally prefer 10 over 8x, but love the EII 8x30. As with almost everything else, the prices have gone up lately. Glad I got mine several years ago.

Mike

 

[ReinierB]

I'll just add that 10x users like me will find an E II a great way to experience 8x with FOV comparable to NL/SF, at a small fraction of the cost.

I wonder, did you also consider the Habicht 8x30? Or was it the huge FOV of the Nikon that drew you over the line? The eyecups of the Nikon E II suppose to be more comfortable as well... Never tried both of them... still

 

[tenex]

FOV is the essential reason I would use an 8x bin at all, so that was a decisive factor for me. Most other models seem a poor trade-off in this respect. (I wasn't specifically committed to a Porro at all, so not weighing the classic choice Habicht vs E II.)