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    Review / Test Hawke Frontier APO 10x42 vs Nikon Monarch HG 8x42

    Hello Green Gecko, I was very happy to read your warm, heartfelt and personal words with the blessing. I'll make it short: I wish you a long and happy life. That should actually include everything you need. Also health, enough money for life and hobbies, interesting nature observations, social...
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    Review / Test Hawke Frontier APO 10x42 vs Nikon Monarch HG 8x42

    Sorry, forgotten: Collimation I tested the collimation for my individual IPD (alignment) on a star focused only in one tube and adjusted the dioptre compensation of the other tube to maximum unsharpness. With both tubes the star focused in one tube is superimposed within the blurred area of the...
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    Review / Test Hawke Frontier APO 10x42 vs Nikon Monarch HG 8x42

    The exit pupils and their surroundings/environment are not comparable on the photos, the axial alignment of the binoculars is different, the incidence of light is shaded, shadowed on one side by the window frame. This is the presentation of the methodology, I use for comparison an even...
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    Review / Test Hawke Frontier APO 10x42 vs Nikon Monarch HG 8x42

    Summary of clearly recognized facts: Advantages of the Hawke Frontier APO 10x42 over Nikon Monarch HG 8x42 clearly and significantly less lateral CA significantly shorter, smaller (almost no) spikes due to edges of roof prisms when viewing street lamps, therefore better quality of prisms) less...
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    Review / Test Hawke Frontier APO 10x42 vs Nikon Monarch HG 8x42

    Differences in brightness Comparisons were made at very advanced twilight, therefore only in the range up to 100 m. Both binoculars show no practically relevant differences. A little bit better I recognized a trellis for climbing plants as well as details of a small, bright multicolored watering...
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    Review / Test Hawke Frontier APO 10x42 vs Nikon Monarch HG 8x42

    Light-effective, real objective diameter and magnification Some manufacturers provide inaccurate information in data sheets. With caliper gauge, flashlight and projection of the smallest possible, circular and sharply defined circle of light on a vertical surface at a suitable distance, I...
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    Review / Test Hawke Frontier APO 10x42 vs Nikon Monarch HG 8x42

    Veiling glare, false light with bright, overcast sky As expected, veiling glare over the entire field of view does not occur under these lighting conditions. An examination of the crescent-shaped glare under cloudy skies with diffuse light and a view against dark green conifers and hedges of...
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    Review / Test Hawke Frontier APO 10x42 vs Nikon Monarch HG 8x42

    Eyepieces and eyecups In the Nikon Monarch HG 8x42, the diameter of the outer lenses of the eyepieces is about 23 mm, the adjustment range of the eyecups is 9 mm, and the outer diameter is 41 mm with an almost cylindrical shape. There are locking steps with 2 intermediate positions, the locking...
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    Review / Test Hawke Frontier APO 10x42 vs Nikon Monarch HG 8x42

    Hello friends of nature and optics, I have been reading the forum, learned a lot and selected my Nikon Monarch HG 8x42 based on your posts about 1 year ago. Now I have purchased a new binocular Hawke Frontier APO 10x42 to complement the Nikon 8x42. I want to give something back to the members...
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