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Zen 7x36 out in the field.
The center field resolution of the ZR 7x36 (say, the inner 2/3 of the field) is something to behold. Hard to argue that that aspect of their performance is not alpha class IMO. I got rid of mine because the field curvature causes the margins to be way out of focus. Very distracting and... -
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Zen 7x36 out in the field.
I saw the same thing. I used mine for hunting and extended glassing at a distance and the field curvature in the outer margins drove me batty. I felt like there was a doughnut of blur everywhere I looked. If you were only using them for birding and keeping your object of interest somewhere... -
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Zen 7x36 out in the field.
The last really good compact 7x roof I can think of was the Swaro SLC 7x30. -
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Zen 7x36 out in the field.
You kind of lost me there. The Zen and Meopta are both longer than the Zeiss (the Zen by more than an inch). I think of the 7x36 Zen as being more the size of the more slender 40-42mm bins out there--they're not a lot smaller than my SVs, for instance. The Zeiss barrels have those ribs that...