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Zeiss Terra ED: First Look (1 Viewer)
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Who says that name recognition doesn't pay!!! :loveme:
brocknroller
porromaniac
Well, nobody would like a Pentax 20x60 with bad resolution in one barrel except apparently the guy you sold it to.
After getting the 20 oz. 8x30 SLCneu, I could see why you would get rid of the 24.5 oz 8x30 LX. I didn't find it too heavy, but I couldn't hold the bin comfortably because those large protruding strap lug housings near the EPs pushed my hands too far forward, and even with the Bushwackers, I ran out of bin before I ran out of hand. Plus the less than 1/2 turn from cf to ∞ focuser. I also wasn't too thrilled about the amount of astigmatism at the top of the view.
The fact that you would say that you're sure you would like the Zeiss Terra's fast focuser without having tried it proves my point about you being "easy to please." To me, the Terra ED was even harder to focus with than the 8x32 LX.
Plus, like Bob, the fact that you are not bothered by "rolling ball," "rolling BOWL," chromatic aberration, a harder to to turn in one direction Swaro focuser, a coarse takes two fingers to turn in one direction Swaro focuser, image blackouts from the SE (or at least not after developing the MOLCET with Bob), the front "pinky focuser" on your 8x30 SLCneu, and can comfortably hold any kind of bin without problems even with your small George Castanza hands furthers my case! :smoke:
The only exception I've seen so far was you being unable to use the Vixen 7x50 Foresta w/out image blackouts, and that's probably because I had the Swaro eyecups on it. Had you used the original VIxen eyecups, which are two wide for my narrow eye orbits, you would have been able to use the MOLCET with your flat facial features and would have had no problems.
So out of all the bins you've owned, excepting the Pentax since it was a bad sample, the only one you didn't like was the 8x32 LX because it was too heavy. I'd say that's "easy to please."
The list of bins that pleased me is a rather short by comparison to all those you tried or owned:
Nikon SE series (though I do have issues with the large diameter eyecups)
Nikon EII series (wish I had the BB model with the better armoring)
Nikon 8x30 M7
Nikon 10x42 Prostaff 7
Swaro 10x42 SLC-HD (focuser was a bit hard to turn in one direction, but I could have lived with it)
Swaro 8x32 EL WB (original series)
That's out of 40+ bins that I've either owned or tried.
Brock
kkokkolis
Περίεργο&#
I don't know much about binoculars and I don't want to be an expert, I just want to use the miserable things. Having that in mind, the Terra's focuser is the best characteristic I found on it. It seems that I can always find an accurate focus point with the first try and on the fly, while I have to try twice or more with my "slow" Canons IS and Pentax Papilio. It feels not stiff and not loose, just perfect. It is big enough to use with any finger I wish.
I don't say that it is the best or that everybody might find it perfect, just that it tuned with my brain immediately.
I would ask for wider AFOV eyepieces, elimination of spikes on bright objects and a wider sweet spot (it already is wide but one can always hope for more) but I would keep the focuser.
Perhaps a tunable friction focuser (with a kind of an Allen key) or a double focuser might find it's way in binoculars sometime. They are standard to 200 euros astronomy telescopes for some years now, so, why not?
I don't say that it is the best or that everybody might find it perfect, just that it tuned with my brain immediately.
I would ask for wider AFOV eyepieces, elimination of spikes on bright objects and a wider sweet spot (it already is wide but one can always hope for more) but I would keep the focuser.
Perhaps a tunable friction focuser (with a kind of an Allen key) or a double focuser might find it's way in binoculars sometime. They are standard to 200 euros astronomy telescopes for some years now, so, why not?
perterra
Well-known member
I tried the Terra out yesterday. I didnt see a lot of problem. Like an accelerator pedal on an auto, there are more settings than either all the way to the floor or idle. So when handling binocs are fast focusing, I just slow my finger down. Seems to work great, they focus slower if you move your finger slower.
mooreorless
Well-known member
Brock I either use my ring [right hand] finger or middle finger for the Swaro 8x30 SLC neu, never pinky finger. Even with larger hands there is room to use ring finger. As far as the Pentax 20x60 I left that person use the binocular for quite some time two make sure he liked it ok. I will say I do miss the fast focuser on the little LX and the eyecups were not two big for my eye sockets.:gh:
make sure he liked it ok. I will say I do miss the fast focuser on the little LX and the eyecups were not two big for my eye sockets.:gh:
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Lapprentis
Well-known member
Orange-Terra
Does anyone know where I can get an Orange (or Yellow) colored Terra ?
Thanks
Lapprentis
Does anyone know where I can get an Orange (or Yellow) colored Terra ?
Thanks
Lapprentis
The old Henry Ford Promise::-O:-O:-O Zeiss has taken it to heart! But when it first came out Zeiss was showing them in their factories in China being made in a number of colors.
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"Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black."
Remark about the Model T in 1909, published in his autobiography "My Life And Work," by Henry Ford.
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AFAIK the only color you can get with the Terra ED in North America is Black!
Recently someone from the British Isles posted a picture of one here that was not Black so they may be available in Europe.
Good Luck!
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jan van daalen
Well-known member
Because black was the fastest drying color!!!
Since the Terra is only available in (Zeiss) blue, grey and black, you gonna have to pimp your bin, which is not so difficult on a rubber armor.
Jan
Since the Terra is only available in (Zeiss) blue, grey and black, you gonna have to pimp your bin, which is not so difficult on a rubber armor.
Jan
I remembered I'd seen something about China getting an orange version of the Terra:
http://www.birdforum.net/showpost.php?p=2746746&postcount=61
David
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mooreorless
Well-known member
Hi David, I might be weird, but I like the looks of the orange Terra!
Hi Typo,
Those colored Terra EDs shown in the link were exclusive to China according to the poster. It looks like some blue and gray ones are now being sold out of China.
Bob
ChemNerd23
Member
Helpful thread
I'll be testing out the Ziess Terra and the Nikon Monarch 5 on Monday for myself but I was glad to have found this thread in order to narrow down my options. I'm relatively new to birding and we to this forum. I want to get a 10x42 bino that will last me at least 5-7 years. Thanks or helping me make an informed decision!
I'll be testing out the Ziess Terra and the Nikon Monarch 5 on Monday for myself but I was glad to have found this thread in order to narrow down my options. I'm relatively new to birding and we to this forum. I want to get a 10x42 bino that will last me at least 5-7 years. Thanks or helping me make an informed decision!
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ChemNerd23
Member
Im thinking of purchasing the Zeiss Terra ED 10 x 42 from a company in the states, via that well known auction website
I can't answer that but I wonder if the VAT would apply?
Pinewood
New York correspondent
Im thinking of purchasing the Zeiss Terra ED 10 x 42 from a company in the states, via that well known auction website
Hello milord
I think that Zeiss' UK agent would have the answer, which is probably no.
Happy bird watching,
Arthur Pinewood
