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

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  1. Steve C

    Zen 7x36 out in the field.

    It means Your Mileage May Vary. It is a widely used internet acronym. I guess since I knew what it meant I assumed everybody did. You see it all the time. I could care less what you own or use. Your money, your eyes, buy and use what you like. My point is that binocular manufacturers have...
  2. Steve C

    Zen 7x36 out in the field.

    Guess you better save up for a Swarovision then. There is almost always some edge distortion of some nature. Personally I can't imagine a more unnatural thing to do with your eyes than squint at the edge of the fov. YMMV, obviously.
  3. Steve C

    Zen 7x36 out in the field.

    There are several things to consider about this review. PLEASE note the plate glass window they are looking through in the photos. Other than that this seems to be a pretty well done review. Note also this is biased for magnification as there is no mention of correction for the 7x...
  4. Steve C

    Zen 7x36 out in the field.

    Well, I'm still using the 7x36 as my main glass. That and its big brother the 10x43 do not leave me wanting any more. Brock gets it right, it is about VALUE. No more or less. The value for the money is what had to be really hammered (read hyped if you must) to get the point across. The...
  5. Steve C

    Zen 7x36 out in the field.

    Yeah I do have the Monarch. And, yes I did miss it in the post :eek!:. I am really surprised that bearclaw got the results he did, because my Monarch is nowhere in the same league as the ZEN. However, it does serve to illustrate that no single design can please everybody and everyone's eyes...
  6. Steve C

    Zen 7x36 out in the field.

    bearclaw, Just as a point of curiosity, just what are your old bins? That would be nice to know. Another point of curiosity, you have your location listed as Portland too.
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