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  1. PeterPS

    Praktica Ambassador 8x42

    Agreed. In fact there was no secret that the Rangers and Talons were the same binos, indeed Eagle Optics and Vortex were the same company. Anyway the bottom line is that the Talon was a good binocular in its price range (I owned the 8x32, for which I believe I paid close to 300$ about 5 years...
  2. PeterPS

    Praktica Ambassador 8x42

    Funny enough, in the above link the B&L listed the FoV of the Talons as -0.33m/1000m----a rather small FoV, and negative too! (for some curious reason the FoV values listed by B&H are often erroneous). However the FoV is also listed as 8.1* and that corresponds to 142m/1000m, which is exactly...
  3. PeterPS

    Praktica Ambassador 8x42

    I have no experience with Praktica binos, but it struck me that they look like a clone of the (discontinued) Vortex Talon 8x42: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/750742-USA/Vortex_TLN_4208_HD_Talon_HD_8x42_Roof.html You can compare the specs of the two binos to see if they are really...
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