BruceH
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Call me a skeptic but I still wonder if there's really some of these with glare problems and some without. I suspect it's just different users.
Has anyone yet seen a good sample beside a bad one? Also, I seem to recall that somebody sent theirs to Nikon for a repair, but again nobody knows what Nikon did to "fix" them.
I just wonder if this "fixed" version might fall under the heading of "urban myth."
It would be nice to know for sure.
Mark
Call me confused.......Is it a design issue or is it a bad production batch or is it the individual, etc?
The user may be suspect because some poeple see the problem and some do not. A possible explanation may be that folks who did not notice the glare were viewing in different lighting conditions where the pupils were not as dilated or were not viewing toward a light source.
I am inclined to think it is a design issue after noticing the same halo of light going around the edge of the exit pupil of a Monarch 7 8X42. It was the same as what I noticed on the 10X30 Monarch 7.
I would like to hear a public statement from Nikon.. Is there a problem or is this acceptable performance consistent with the intended design? If it is considered a problem, then is it in the design and will it be corrected or is it a batch problem that has been or will be resolved? What can be done for those units already out in the field?
It would be great if Mike F. would come back on the Forum and address these questions. I will send him a PM asking him to do so after submitting this post.
I do not know if anyone has seen a good unit next to a bad one but BinoBoy did examine the exit pupil of his returned/repaired unit and did not see the illuminated exit pupil edge. A better question may be, has anyone seen a good unit? By this, I mean holding the unit away from the face with the objectives pointed toward a light source and not seeing the edges of the exit pupils lit up.
As far as what Nikon did to fix that unit, BinoBoy stated that "there is no unblackened metal now", which implies there was before. He also said Nikon "didn't say if they blackened the shiny metal parts or replaced them".
I do not think the "fixed version" falls under urban myth because BinoBoy explicitly stated that he could find no problems and the pale colors problem was fixed.
Here is a link to the Fix thread......
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=277482
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