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Opticron 8x20 Gallery Scope
Sunday morning madness saw me buy a Specwell 8x20 monoc. Got it today. Seems very light weight but longish like the Opticron version and very similar view from what I recall as I no longer have the Opticron to compare. Got to get out an give it a proper go but it does seem a bit better for... -
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Opticron 8x20 Gallery Scope
You are probably right Pete but I did think I was just being ignored. Might have been nice if they had just replied even one line initially that they needed to look into it or something and would get back to me. Doesn't matter now anyhow. In the Hawke case I liked the bin enough to want to... -
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Opticron 8x20 Gallery Scope
Hi Frank Yes I found it more or less useless over distance when I took it out for a try. Lot of strange flare and glare with it also. The one in the Opticron video clearly shows a wider different eyelens design but I just got a message from Opticron saying they don't think it has changed... -
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Opticron 8x20 Gallery Scope
Well I guess not to many of these in use and probably mostly used for the mini microscope application. No help from Opticron which is slightly irritating as it should have been a simple request. When I had a similar problem with a used Hawke 10x25 bin I bought recently, Hawke response took... -
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Opticron 8x20 Gallery Scope
I bought a used one of these the other day. It was covered in quite thick dust but I gave it a clean up and was delighted to see that it came up basically like new and the internals totally free of any dust. My first impression was that it was very bulky compared with my Optima 6x16 monocular...