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    IN PRAISE OF THE SWAROVSKI 12X42 NL PURE

    I have been used to use binoculars with eyeglasses. The moment to take on and of the eyeglasses every time I change between naked eye and binoculars I find too complicated in the long run. And in some cases I lose the orientation or object if I cannot directly put the binocular to the eyes...
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    IN PRAISE OF THE SWAROVSKI 12X42 NL PURE

    Thanks for sharing, Kiwimac. Yes, 12x42 has half the brightness than 8,5x42 so at least in dim conditions the image will be a bit less briliant. I wonder about your perception of eye relief between them. Some said that all the models in NL Pure have same useable eye relief. And according to two...
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    IN PRAISE OF THE SWAROVSKI 12X42 NL PURE

    Interesting! When I tried 8,5x42 I could see the entire FOV with eyeglasses, but I felt that I would like to come 1-2mm closer for the real open view. The eyecups of EL should be possible to adjust to ~2mm lower level than they are. And I can see at videos that the eyecups of NL are very low on...
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    IN PRAISE OF THE SWAROVSKI 12X42 NL PURE

    Thanks for the information! I am amazed about that Swarovski succed to make the same ER for the three different NLs. I have tried a lot of binoculars during decades and have never seen any 12x model with remained ER of the lower powered models in the same series. (Here I talk about different...
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    IN PRAISE OF THE SWAROVSKI 12X42 NL PURE

    I have not claimed anything about NL models. Just assumed according to other's experience. So how can you mean I say I know better than those who own them?
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    IN PRAISE OF THE SWAROVSKI 12X42 NL PURE

    Gijs, I only tell according to my personal experience. When Zeiss claimed 17mm ER for both 8x32 and 7x42 something indicates it's wrong. It's pretty recently 8x32 became good for eyeglasses. And when 8x32 has smaller eyelens at the same time larger AFOV that in itself shows they cannot have...
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    IN PRAISE OF THE SWAROVSKI 12X42 NL PURE

    The manufacturer's specs are not to trust. In several cases both Zeiss and Swarovski have stated the same ER for all models in a series, while there usually is a big difference. It's like they don't bother to actually measure it but think "ah, put the same value for all". I would like to try...
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    IN PRAISE OF THE SWAROVSKI 12X42 NL PURE

    I seriously consider to get the 8x42 NL. But I am also interested in getting a 12x bino for use on monopod. According to what I have read so far about the 8x version the eye relief combined with the optimal eyepiece design makes it very good for eyeglasses despite the wide FOV. As we know...
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