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A Zeiss Conquest HD on steroids.
This does raise the question: what improvements are you looking for over your Steiner/Opticrons? They will already have a very decent image. For some reason I've been struck lately by how few of the latest/greatest bins I see in the field, even on experienced birders. (Exactly two NLs and two... -
A Zeiss Conquest HD on steroids.
If an argument is still going around in circles after 167 posts, the premise hasn't been stated very well. -
A Zeiss Conquest HD on steroids.
Fixed, thanks. "Details" just wasn't the right word. Anyway, can we get Dennis started on a pocket bin binge now? 180°, no problem... -
A Zeiss Conquest HD on steroids.
No, it's effectively stopped down to around 8x20, but you don't care about accuracy, do you? (This is why pocket bins are 8x20.) Oddly enough, any 8x binocular is stopped down to about 20mm by a ~2.5mm daylight pupil, even that 8x42. Or an 8x32 or 30, or even 8x25. (Do I see smoke rising... -
A Zeiss Conquest HD on steroids.
Consider for a moment(!) what you're missing here... the possibility of genuine conversation, and actually learning something. It certainly is. I've had enough of it. No, clearly we would have anyway, just as in other threads on glare etc. Dennis just does his thing, and even Henry can have... -
A Zeiss Conquest HD on steroids.
When somebody doesn't pay attention to what others are saying, they waste everyone's time. Oh, I believed it; I got an SLC 10x56. The problem is that you keep corrupting whatever Henry said by exaggeration, ignoring distinctions or subtleties, and worst of all, combining it indiscriminately... -
A Zeiss Conquest HD on steroids.
I should note that I don't tripod-mount binoculars for terrestrial observation; nor do I use doublers or triplers to examine them more critically; nor do I imagine most people on this forum do, including you. As for skepticism of whatever you claim, you're the guy who just put a bin you never... -
A Zeiss Conquest HD on steroids.
+1 By now I can't help thinking that Dennis has fallen (again?) into something like the "costly signaling" of a peacock's tail. Lugging the 44.6oz/1264g of Conquest 8x56 shows what an optics connoisseur (or devoted birder) you are? Really? I sometimes carry 56s myself, but don't have to... -
A Zeiss Conquest HD on steroids.
OK, how could I forget... the level of sheer repetition, and not paying attention to how what you're saying relates to what someone else said, and constantly shifting opinions that keep going in circles, and this sort of exaggeration each time are obvious reasons why people react differently to... -
A Zeiss Conquest HD on steroids.
Thanks, good to scan again. Resolution - there are so many factors involved, it can be hard to attribute any difference to aperture/focal length. I could see a clear advantage in SLC 10x56 over BN 10x32, but when the BN came back from service this spring looking sharper, that was no longer... -
A Zeiss Conquest HD on steroids.
Dennis, I share your (current) enthusiasm for 56mm models and consider FL/SLCs a sort of sweet spot for relatively manageable size -- though a Conquest is heavier and has poorer correction of the outer field, making it a strange choice for one who has previously owned better big glass without...