chris6
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Hi everyone and thanks David for the great review.
I managed to get my hands on a 'new other' Meostar HD 12x50 which I am very happy with, as well as Opticron DBA VHD 10x50, which is also very sharp. The Meostar's larger image is even more satisfying, especially for its fine differentiation of colours, some of which could not be seen with my other binoculars. I would not say steadiness is much less than with DBA 10x50 and the Meostar is really ok for quick views when out and about, without bothering with the monopod, and again it's even better when seated.
Glad also to find that the eyecup surrounds take up only 3mm of the 15mm eye relief, and that with glasses I can comfortably see the whole field. The focus wheel action is similar to that of the DBA, being smooth with no stiction, and lightly damped.
The only fault is a broken catch on the fabric-type bag (not the felt type), although the catches look the same on each type. The button has broken off at its stalk (picture below) and I intended to try to mend it by drilling the broken plastic parts, and fixing them together with a short piece of wire and some araldite.
While above, in the photos of bags, the buttons are shown at 90 degrees to the slots they have passed through, the action of the catch is a bit mysterious. This is because the stump of the button stalk, remaining in the catch-mounting, does not seem to be able to rotate (and maybe that is why it got broken).
To understand it better before I go ahead, may I ask if the part of the button carries a spring within the fixed part of the catch, perhaps to give some resistance and then to provide a self centring action, or should the button be able to rotate freely?
I managed to get my hands on a 'new other' Meostar HD 12x50 which I am very happy with, as well as Opticron DBA VHD 10x50, which is also very sharp. The Meostar's larger image is even more satisfying, especially for its fine differentiation of colours, some of which could not be seen with my other binoculars. I would not say steadiness is much less than with DBA 10x50 and the Meostar is really ok for quick views when out and about, without bothering with the monopod, and again it's even better when seated.
Glad also to find that the eyecup surrounds take up only 3mm of the 15mm eye relief, and that with glasses I can comfortably see the whole field. The focus wheel action is similar to that of the DBA, being smooth with no stiction, and lightly damped.
The only fault is a broken catch on the fabric-type bag (not the felt type), although the catches look the same on each type. The button has broken off at its stalk (picture below) and I intended to try to mend it by drilling the broken plastic parts, and fixing them together with a short piece of wire and some araldite.
While above, in the photos of bags, the buttons are shown at 90 degrees to the slots they have passed through, the action of the catch is a bit mysterious. This is because the stump of the button stalk, remaining in the catch-mounting, does not seem to be able to rotate (and maybe that is why it got broken).
To understand it better before I go ahead, may I ask if the part of the button carries a spring within the fixed part of the catch, perhaps to give some resistance and then to provide a self centring action, or should the button be able to rotate freely?
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