Clive
You deserve a medal for patience and optimism, or a smack on the head to bring you back to reality :-O.
Sounds as though you had almost got to the 'holding hands' stage in this romance only to find that the other hand was dropping off. Shame.
Do let us know what happens next. I've got a feeling this story could turn into an autumn blockbuster or even a replacement for Downton Abbey
Good luck, Lee
Thanks Lee :t:
Yes it's all very bizzare is the word that keeps coming to mind.
I think you put it very succinctly. I still don't like the field of view but somehow it didn't seem as annoying as my Hawke Frontier 8x25 which seems like it has a little more but also somehow a more cramped view.
Funnily the colour the Bresser produced today reminded me a bit of my Hawke Sapphire except the Sapphire view seems about 4 times as large and better in every way but the Bresser also gave nice clear close viewing with both eyes at about 2.5m, it's closest, so I found that good about it also.
I don't think it has been working right from the start so I have never been able to get a proper sharp focus or determine really how good the dof is or edge sharpness of whatever.
The hinge is loose also and the eyecup rims stand about 10mm proud of the oculars which I've never seen before and don't think would be very useful to anyone with glasses? They're twist up with two well locking stages but seems there is an initial 10mm penalty for some reason. I just use them fully down.
It's under warranty at least for two years if not twenty but I asked about that as it states 20 on their site so by rights Bresser should at least look at it but I think I may need to post it to Germany unless I can ask them to just send me another and save me that bother and them having to waste their time on it but I suppose they will want to see how bad it is?
I think I just bought a dud auctioned off on ebay but the Vistron 8x25 was a much better similar deal. After the Bresser the view through the Vistron is massive which makes me like that one even more, but then the M7 10x30 is even bigger again and the Sapphire 8x43 even bigger again but still I was finding today that I was able to live with the Bresser and enjoying it's relative compactness so perhaps there is some hope of at least a friendship although probably not a BFF:-O
The sharpness I noticed did get my curiosity and then again I had to change my Hawke Sapphire recently from one sort of unusable and got a knock out of the park replacement in return. Could it happen again? Maybe I do need a smack on the head actually (thanks all for volunteering) but I do now think I made intial comments about this bin based on a dud and it isn't actually supposed to be as bad as that i.e. if I could get a good one it would be a lot better so worth at least trying. It might make it to holiday usable but I was able to view a lot of little birds today with nice definition even though the bin wasn't working as best it could so here's hoping.
Forget all these Questa's and latest super Kites or whatever. This is where it's at, the important stuff for the majority with no budget who shop at Aldi or visit foodbanks to then sell the stuff and buy drugs! That's Bresser country, hard hitting, the cutting edge.
I've a feeling I'm going to have to put on a lot of weight chomping on words.