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ZEISS DTI thermal imaging cameras. For more discoveries at night, and during the day.

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  1. dwever

    EL Range TA 8X42 - Layman Review

    No it’s not a bad thing. It was just starting to feel interminable :-). Sorry for being grumpy.
  2. dwever

    EL Range TA 8X42 - Layman Review

    For my final comment having now used the EL Range TA 8X42 for three days, I'll say these EL TA's have better fit and finish than the NL Pure. There's not a single rough edge or line or fitment, which was not the case with my NL 8X42's, particularly with the well documented glue-seams, and...
  3. dwever

    EL Range TA 8X42 - Layman Review

    I don't have a significant background with the Swarovision EL line since around 2008 with an 8.5, but I do with the NL. So from my limited frame-of-reference I would say that the EL Range has been sharp and distortion free to the edges, but flat more like an NL. I would also say that the color...
  4. dwever

    EL Range TA 8X42 - Layman Review

    I still have the Marines, and they are optically the same as ever. I can't tell you how many times those went flying across the car with hard turns or plunging to the floor boards under hard braking. My first pair were a pair of Steiner police models that I destroyed in a little more than a...
  5. dwever

    EL Range TA 8X42 - Layman Review

    Yesterday I received the EL Range TA (Tracking Assistant) I ordered over the weekend and except for the price ($3,599) I am overwhelmingly pleased. Optically it is everything I had hoped for, really the optical equal of the EL 8.5x42. Maybe barely not quite as bright as the NL and certainly...
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