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    Open letter to Zeiss - 8x30 Victory Companion please

    The design of the oculars to be used in the 8x30 would be critical to its success, I think. Wide field with shorter ER; or normal FOV with longer eye relief? I'm guessing that ultimately, whatever is done, it won't be cheap if it going to be good. Bob
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    Open letter to Zeiss - 8x30 Victory Companion please

    If Zeiss did this, I think it would be more competitive with the Swarovski CL Companion 8x30 B than with a smaller pocket binocular. I notice that Allbinos doesn't distinguish among 8x33, 8x32 and 8x30 binoculars in their ratings. Allbinos has been rating and ranking a number of 8x30 binoculars...
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    Open letter to Zeiss - 8x30 Victory Companion please

    My guess is that it has something to do with the size and design of the eye pieces which can have an affect on their eye relief. The eye pieces of 8x32mm and 8x42mm binoculars are larger than the eye pieces on their respective 8x30mm and 8x40mm binoculars and often have longer ER because of it...
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