T FL 8x42 (1 Viewer)

wachipilotes said:

I found these binoculars, secondhand, and cost about 900 euros, of course, for this price I have seen new Kowa Genesis 8.5X44 or a Vortex Razor HD 8X42, could these last two be a good alternative to the Zeiss Victory FL?
Wachi.

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wachipilotes said:

I found these binoculars, secondhand, and cost about 900 euros, of course, for this price I have seen new Kowa Genesis 8.5X44 or a Vortex Razor HD 8X42, could these last two be a good alternative to the Zeiss Victory FL?
Wachi.

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dries1 said:

Depends on the shape they are in for 900 euros/1100 us dollars. I lucked out and bought my 8X42 for that price but it was near mint since the owner preferred the 8X32 FL he bought at the same time, been sitting in a box for years.
Additionally I also got a green one for less, but it is out to Zeiss for some minor issues. The one thing I have noticed with them, they exhibit a bit of distortion but they are in their element at dawn or dusk, a really bright glass. Additionally very light in weight when compared with other premium binos.

A.W.

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Troubador said:

Easy to say but I'll say it anyway: stop looking at the distortion. All binos distort because they are a snakepit of competing distortions and aberrations that the makers balance in what they think is the best way. They can't get rid of them. Some of them are necessary.

Binos are there for us to look at other things not the binos themselves or their distortions.

OK thats enough of a rant from me. My pet hate is free play in the focuser which drives me up the proverbial wall, so hey, I should shut up before my foot gets even more stuck in my mouth.

Lee

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