Are Field Pro 8x32 worth £350 more than the previous model? (1 Viewer)

plc22 said:

I don't understand the critics about veiling glare which IMO are MUCH exagerated, just like the supposed rolling ball effect which comes straight from the imagination of people looking for recognition and desperate to make themselves noticed, or keen on drinking whisky before observing.

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plc22 said:

I tried the new EL SV 8x32 mk III at the Paris photo show last week (I own a mk II 8x32), I notice some improvement in edge distortion (the only slight flaw in the old model), circles become ovals with the Mk II, less so with the Field Pro. Apart from that, optically they are identical.

I don't understand the critics about veiling glare which IMO are MUCH exagerated, just like the supposed rolling ball effect which comes straight from the imagination of people looking for recognition and desperate to make themselves noticed, or keen on drinking whisky before observing.

To answer the question of the original poster, get a discounted MkII if you can find one.

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plc22 said:

I don't understand the critics about veiling glare which IMO are MUCH exagerated, just like the supposed rolling ball effect which comes straight from the imagination of people looking for recognition and desperate to make themselves noticed, or keen on drinking whisky before observing.

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oldfortyfive said:

I just returned from an elk hunt in Montana. The magpies were all over this year. I haven't found, the veiling glare issue others complain on with their SV 8x32's to be much of an issue. It only shows itself in the right conditions. I usually carry SV 8x32's when hunting and in my experience you pretty much have to be viewing pretty close to the rising sun or a bright light for it to happen.

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