justabirdwatcher
Well-known member
I'm calling on all the binocular gurus here for your help.
I have a pair of 8x42 Cabelas Outfitter HD's that I absolutely love. I believe these are Kamakura-made bins. They have fantastic glass - on par with Zeiss Conquest HD in virtually every way. I really want to use these bins more... BUT
They have eyecups that are too large in diameter for my big nose bridge. I actually replaced the factory rubber eyecups with bicycle tube rubber just to make them thinner. That helped, but I still cannot fit the eyepieces in my eye sockets, so there is always a lot of stray light getting in.
These eyepieces are very high quality metal eyepieces that unscrew. I included some pictures of the eyepieces, and the threaded portion of the barrel, complete with measurements.
What I'm hoping is that someone, somewhere can help me find another pair of smaller diameter eyepieces that I can screw on to these.
If I were an eyeglass wearer, I would have no complaints. The large eyepiece lenses provide a huge image when the eyecups are turned down. But I would love to use these without glasses and get them to fit into my eye sockets (past my big nose) if at all possible.
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!
I have a pair of 8x42 Cabelas Outfitter HD's that I absolutely love. I believe these are Kamakura-made bins. They have fantastic glass - on par with Zeiss Conquest HD in virtually every way. I really want to use these bins more... BUT
They have eyecups that are too large in diameter for my big nose bridge. I actually replaced the factory rubber eyecups with bicycle tube rubber just to make them thinner. That helped, but I still cannot fit the eyepieces in my eye sockets, so there is always a lot of stray light getting in.
These eyepieces are very high quality metal eyepieces that unscrew. I included some pictures of the eyepieces, and the threaded portion of the barrel, complete with measurements.
What I'm hoping is that someone, somewhere can help me find another pair of smaller diameter eyepieces that I can screw on to these.
If I were an eyeglass wearer, I would have no complaints. The large eyepiece lenses provide a huge image when the eyecups are turned down. But I would love to use these without glasses and get them to fit into my eye sockets (past my big nose) if at all possible.
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!