Alexis Powell
Natural history enthusiast
Yes, that's what I tried to say in my big review. I think this 8x25 can replace a top-end 8x32 for most applications.Alexis, Would you be tempted to leave at home and for general observations the Zeiss 8x32, and take the little Victory 8x25?...
No, I think the Zeiss 8x32 FL and 8x25 Victory Pocket have _extremely_ different optical "personalities", and I like the 8x25 better. The view of the 8x25 Victory, in almost all respects, is more similar to the Leica 8x32 models than it is to the Zeiss 8x32 FL. The off-axis astigmatism and sensitivity to eye position of the 8x32 FL is more similar to the Zeiss 8x25 Terra ED (but in many other respects, e.g. FOV, those two bins are quite different)....In your opinion have these two binoculars more coincidences than differences?
Thank you very much
Wachi
Well, as I noted, I think they work quite well left-handed, in fact in some ways better than right-handed (esp. for those with small hands). I'm not left-handed, but I do a lot of things left-handed because I am left-eyed. The older 8x20 model did not work well left handed because the bridge was much shorter overall, placing the focus under the right index finger and too close to the left.I would be curious to know what any left-handed birders think of this offset design...
--AP