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Zeiss Victory SF
If you use 10x magnification binos this freezing effect will steady the image up nicely as it suppresses bino shake. Unfortunately metal eyecups have a rubber coating so they don't scratch spectacles so you won't really benefit from the freezing effect. However if you ever strip off the rubber... -
Zeiss Victory SF
They are lovely binos aren't they. Troubadoris still has a treasured 'black logo' Leitz Wetzlar (pre-Portugal) 8x40, now retired from field duties. Lee -
Zeiss Victory SF
We sometimes see a lot of these, I think they are getting more common due to global warming :-O Lee -
Zeiss Victory SF
Sounds like a great solution Richard. There are one or two places we know where we can do just that too, and sometimes it is the best answer on a windy and rainy day. There are car window clamps of various kinds you can attach spotting scopes or binos to and that act like tripod heads so you... -
Zeiss Victory SF
Good for you. We use our binos most intensively on the islands off the west coast of Scotland there is almost always a stiff breeze blowing. For me it doesn't take much of an increase in wind speed for this to start interfering with my ability to hold a 10x steady. I had a Dialyt 10x40 for many... -
Zeiss Victory SF
A very nice group of binos Pat which would cover almost all situations. The only thing missing is a 10x but perhaps like me you consider those a bit specialist. I do have a 10x but only take it out to particular places. However you have got some big open spaces on the Wash and north coast in... -
Zeiss Victory SF
Dagnabbit Steve I've been saving that little quip for months :-O, but the Genesis binos are all gems. Zeiss must not treat eyecups as a priority item and seem content to use a similar 3-component moulded plastic design all the way up to and including their flagship SF. And I can see the logic... -
Zeiss Victory SF
They say that 'eyes are the window to the soul' but this due to a typographic error, the correct rendition is 'eyecups are the window to the soul'. Lee -
Zeiss Victory SF
Slipymor Dennis is right about the details that are revealed by 10x magnification can be lost due to the unsteadiness of the image. Remember that this 'bino-shake' can be caused by both your own unsteadiness and by the wind shaking and buffeting your arms and body, and, if you have had to run... -
Zeiss Victory SF
Yes it does. But members become inactive for many different reasons and some return after a gap of weeks, months and years. And of course some folks pass away too. On the other hand you don't have to be a member to visit the site and read all the different forums and contributions including... -
Zeiss Victory SF
Jerry It is indeed irritating when what you consider to be important attributes of a bino get dismissed or go unmentioned by someone who appears to have spent hardly any time with it. But we all have different priorities and tastes and sometimes folks don't get the opportunity to try binos out... -
Zeiss Victory SF
SBB The talent to say a lot in a few words, to be succinct, is a great one and when it is backed up by a wealth of field experience it adds greatly to the Forum. When this degenerates into a 'I tell it like it is, and couldn't care less about anyone elses experience or feelings' then it isn't... -
Zeiss Victory SF
Hello is that Frau Carina Schiestl-Swarovski calling? Lee -
Zeiss Victory SF
SBB Jerry has a lot of experience of binos and is well respected on the forum, but even a diamond can have flaws...... Lee -
Zeiss Victory SF
Jerry CJ certainly has her own unique point of view on many subjects but she is entitled to this and she is dead right about the eyecups on SF being low rent. They accomplish the job but are not to the standard of the rest of the bino. As to etiquette on Bird Forum, if you disagree with... -
Zeiss Victory SF
Listen to the voices, listen to the voices, go to the light, go to the light. Christmas is coming and Santa says: Every Dude Deserves an SF :t: Lee -
Zeiss Victory SF
I have an 8x and a 10x and they have a solid build and have just come back from a tough 3 weeks visit to Islay. They have been knocked about on North Uist, Benbecula and South Uist, Ardnamurchan and many other rugged places and they just eat it up. One thing that confuses some folks. The weight...