Nikon 8x30 E2 100th anniversary - improved coatings/mini review (1 Viewer)

Hi,

it looks like the dust is on the objective facing side of the porro prisms... which seems a bit strange as I would expect dust to be sucked in from the eyepiece side by focus action and be deposited there....

Anyways at the current stage, I would ignore it.

Joachim

Maybe this is dust that has been in there from factory. I have also problem understanding how dust would enter from the objective side. But I thought that maybe it could suck in and be dust eveywhere that I simply dont see.
Anyway, as said, Ibhave only once noticed a dust grain, which was big and on the ocular side.
Peculiar with the dust grains is that they seem very uniform in size, shape and distribution. Regular "dust" that I have seen in cameras etc have had particles from fabrics etc. So, maybe they werw from factory and I have simply not looked deep inside until now.
As Downunder has not noticed any dust inside his despite usingvhis E2 in dusty environment maybe shows that they are not so prone to collect dust as some have mentioned due to their lack of waterproofness.
Ciao

I will go on using them as always and see if the amount of dust remains the same or if new is accumulated.

Looking on Amazon.co.uk the standard EII is £380 currently and the Habicht 8x30 around £675-695 gbp, which is + 78% more.

I wish I could buy the Swarovski for only 23% more ! ?