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When I was googling pocket binos recently, I came upon some couple's outdoor blog whom Swarovski had actually sent a CL-P to evaluate. They thought everyone should have one and "recommended it without reservations"... I guess that's PR these days, but the photo below (viewed full size) will show why I doubt its value. Seen anything else amusing lately?

By the way, I finally tried an 8x25 CL-P the other day, and it is the nicest pocket bino I've seen, better made than the Zeiss. (As I'm sure Leicas are too, though they don't have an 8x25.) But I'm no longer interested, having concluded that if I'm too lazy to carry my usual 32mm, which is so much better and hardly larger, there's something wrong. And I'd probably be too lazy to carry the pocket one too!
 

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Making the case for a good pair of "pocket binoculars" may not be a matter of "laziness" but rather for stealth/handiness in a setting where few think of carrying binoculars for a better view. Placing a 32mm binocular in the front shirt pocket of most shirts might encounter a little difficulty. That Genesis you dislike fits in the front shirt pocket just fine and probably provides as good of a view in most light conditions as a lot of 32mm binos - just my opinion of course.

That photo might be of a very small statue person but I agree, the photo gives the appearance of a larger binocular when looking at the person's head size.|;|
 
She isn't wearing spectacles and the eye cups are in the down position up against her eyebrows.

I wonder if she can see anything more than the shadows of her eye lashes? :h?:

I have the exact same binocular in 8x25; I don't wear eye glasses and I need to extend the eye cups to see anything.

Bob
 
I don't extend my eyecups either on my binos, eventhough I don't wear glasses. And I see much better this way, than with extended eyecups as thus the field I'm viewing is much bigger. So not really sure what's wrong with the picture above |:S|
 
Maffong said:
I don't extend my eyecups either on my binos, eventhough I don't wear glasses. And I see much better this way, than with extended eyecups as thus the field I'm viewing is much bigger. So not really sure what's wrong with the picture above |:S|
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Why do you leave them in? Is there a reason?

Extended and pressed into your eye sockets, they enable a much steadier view.
 
To get a comfortable view with my CL-P 8X25's, had to extend the eye cups all the way and rest them on my index fingers that were set on my brow...Great and Steady full FOV!

The above pic must have been the best "photo op" they could come up with for the article!? ;)

Ted
 
Maljunulo said:
Why do you leave them in? Is there a reason?

Extended and pressed into your eye sockets, they enable a much steadier view.
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Actually, extended eyecups pressed into your orbits will only provide a steadier view if your view is unsteady when not pressing them in. There are those who hold binoculars differently from you, and some of us don't always extend eyecups as it doesn't make any difference in how steady the view is.
 
Maljunulo said:
Why do you leave them in? Is there a reason?

Extended and pressed into your eye sockets, they enable a much steadier view.
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As I tried to explain before I leave them in, because this gives me a bigger viewing field. When I extend them I get annoying black circles around the viewing field. Interestingly everyody also complains how close my eyes seem to stand, when I hand them by binos. However my eyes are just as far apart as everybody else's...

Maffong
 
I've always [tried] to use all my bins with eyecups fully [or nearly fully] down, although it is often necessary to use the MOLCET. But, I do find the wide view and bright, un-vignetted appearance to be addictive.

Eliminating all or most of the fieldstop darkness gives a very impressive image presentation. Pulling the eyecups back up and suddenly its like looking through a tube...
 
james holdsworth said:
I've always [tried] to use all my bins with eyecups fully [or nearly fully] down, although it is often necessary to use the MOLCET. But, I do find the wide view and bright, un-vignetted appearance to be addictive.

Eliminating all or most of the fieldstop darkness gives a very impressive image presentation. Pulling the eyecups back up and suddenly its like looking through a tube...
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The salesman showed me how to do that at Sportsman's Warehouse and it really does give a wide, clear unobstructed view.
 
I wouldn't automatically dismiss a review or a binocular because of an obviously staged picture. What was said in the review is far more important.
 
Roadbike said:
I wouldn't automatically dismiss a review or a binocular because of an obviously staged picture. What was said in the review is far more important.
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Exactly!

The "silliest" thing of all is grown men sitting around and picking apart an obviously staged photograph.....
 
Maffong said:
I don't extend my eyecups either on my binos, eventhough I don't wear glasses. And I see much better this way, than with extended eyecups as thus the field I'm viewing is much bigger.
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Interesting. Presumably there's still some space though between your eye and the ocular? (This CL-P has eye relief of 17mm.) Does this technique work for you with all binoculars, or only some? I've experimented with this myself (mainly when having trouble with eyecups) and didn't find that it improves the view. But eyes can be very different.

Roadbike said:
I wouldn't automatically dismiss a review or a binocular because of an obviously staged picture. What was said in the review is far more important.
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The binocular is quite nice, as I said. But nothing of substance was said in the "review". They don't seem to know much about binos at all, which is why a recommendation "without reservation" sounds absurd. The Internet consumes a large chunk of the world's electricity (mostly generated by burning coal) storing and transmitting 99% junk: spam, porn, misinformation, advertising, snapshots of the same exact thing (amusing video link), tweets, and vapid blogs.

Which makes one thankful for this forum.
 
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tenex said:
Interesting. Presumably there's still some space though between your eye and the ocular? (This CL-P has eye relief of 17mm.) Does this technique work for you with all binoculars, or only some? I've experimented with this myself (mainly when having trouble with eyecups) and didn't find that it improves the view. But eyes can be very different.



The binocular is quite nice, as I said. But nothing of substance was said in the "review". They don't seem to know much about binos at all, which is why a recommendation "without reservation" sounds absurd. The Internet consumes a large chunk of the world's electricity (mostly generated by burning coal) storing and transmitting 99% junk: spam, porn, misinformation, advertising, snapshots of the same exact thing (amusing video link), tweets, and vapid blogs.

Which makes one thankful for this forum.
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If the picture had no point and the review was vapid why are you burning coal and consuming scarce resources posting about it?
 
Roadbike said:
If the picture had no point and the review was vapid why are you burning coal and consuming scarce resources posting about it?
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Why did I suspect someone would have to ask that?...

Actually, I think I wasn't sure whether I found it funny or depressing, and was still trying to figure out which. Evidently the latter. Interesting to learn how people do or don't use eyecups, though.
 
I actually tried to extend the eyecups yesterday to see if any improvement could be made, but this resulted either in tunnel vision with the aforementioned black margins and even a loss of sharpness or I had to painfully press the binoculars into my eye sockets (and even then the picture was worse than when I just left them inside)...

I guess I just might have a different anatomy than most

Maffong
 
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