interesting, Scope Views review also did not see it in the 8x42, he looked at the moon, he would have seen it. I wonder if it's something they changed at some point, maybe they updated the 8x42. The 7x42 serial number is 718, I'm guessing they produced fewer 7x than 8x.
Oh yes, the SF eye placement trouble I mentioned is the blue ring and worse. I can also see the blue edge in the Curio and EDG 7x42 at times, I lump it in w/ blackout symptoms.
I haven't done a long day session but the SF's feel vastly better with unscrewing the eyecups 1 turn for astronomy, no blackout trouble and I can see the whole field stop. Right now I would say I prefer the SF for astronomy and the 7x42 for birds. We had a junco migration surge here this week, the views of them amongst the peaking foliage in the EDG was pretty amazing. Hoping to avoid a trial of the 8x42 EDG!

Oh yes, the SF eye placement trouble I mentioned is the blue ring and worse. I can also see the blue edge in the Curio and EDG 7x42 at times, I lump it in w/ blackout symptoms.
I haven't done a long day session but the SF's feel vastly better with unscrewing the eyecups 1 turn for astronomy, no blackout trouble and I can see the whole field stop. Right now I would say I prefer the SF for astronomy and the 7x42 for birds. We had a junco migration surge here this week, the views of them amongst the peaking foliage in the EDG was pretty amazing. Hoping to avoid a trial of the 8x42 EDG!
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