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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Canip" data-source="post: 3487918" data-attributes="member: 132795">@ All,Thank you for the feedback on my review !@ Bob (post #12):There were rumors before Swaro came out with the Field Pro upgrade that they might also work on the optics, to keep up with the SF, but they didn't (the info I get from the optics market says that the EL SV still sells quite well). Whether and what they will do in response to the Noctivid I don't know.@ Globetrotter (post #13):Yes, it may well be that your eyes are better trained than mine and that for you, the perception of a particular 3D effect is easier than for me. A number of other people seem to have perceived it as well. But many have not seen it, like me. Maybe it's just lost on me. People are different; if you put 10 different brands of Scottish Whisky in neutral glasses in front of me, I would like them all but could not tell you their names - but I know people who could.@Vespobuteo (post #28):Your quote ..."Do you find the Noctivids having more effective eye relief than the SV:s?"Answer: yes, I do. I do occasionally wear eyeglasses but usually take them off when using binoculars. For the review, I tried the Noctivid both with and without eyeglasses. While the EL SV has sufficient eye relief to keep the glasses on (eyecups fully screwed in) and still see the entire fov, the Noctivid is even more "generous": with the glasses on, I could screw te eyecups out at least one stop and still comfortably oversee the entire fov. So I hope I am right in guessing that the Noctivid would allow the use of relatively thick eyeglasses and still work (mine are quite thin).@zzzzzz (posts #22 and 26):Comparing the Noctivid to Monarch HG, Trinovid HD, SLC ? Hmm ... interesting suggestion !As dalat has pointed out, I am rather impressed by the HG and like it, but comparing it to an alpha that costs 4 times as much would be a bit unfair (the Noctivod would win that race ...)My main criticism of the Trinovid HD is its narrow fov, which in practice appears even narrower than the data might suggest. Again, I would not want to compare it head on head with the Noctivid.The SLC is a different story. There was, as far as I remember, a remark in another thread in this forum by Gijs van Ginkel, namely that he would prefer the HT or the SLC over the Noctivid. I am myself a big fan of the SLC (new model) and rate it highly, but would have to do some further work before I could come to a conclusion whether or not to agree with Gijs.</blockquote>

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