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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brocknroller" data-source="post: 3333457" data-attributes="member: 665">Joachim,Last year, Zeiss came out with after market replacement eyecups for the Conquest HD, which is supposed to solve the problem with image blackouts. They will send them to you for free. I'd be interested in hearing from someone who got them and if that solved the problem. I don't like a slow focuser, like the original EL, but neither do I like one that is too fast like the 8x42 Terra ED and Nikon 8x32 HGL. The HGL was mildly annoying and the Terra very frustrating to use for anything but long distance since it focused from cf to infinity in less than 3/4 of a turn. You need a deft touch and very good focus accommodation to focus on your target quickly w/out overshooting, so to me, the fast focus defeats its own purpose. The 8x32 Terra ED's focuser wasn't as fast ~ 1 1/4 turns, but the focuser tension was much looser than the 8x42 model, which had good stiction. I had to lean my index finger against the edge of the focuser wheel to increase the stiction. Image wise, I liked the 8x32 Terra very much and thought it punched above its price point, but because of the loose focuser, I wouldn't buy one. I can't give a definitive number on how many turns I find ideal, because it depends on the size of the focuser wheel, but in general, I prefer ~ 1 1/2 turns with moderate stiction. If the 8x32 Terra had more stiction, it would have worked fine for me. It seems the trend lately is to make focusers faster and faster and close focus closer and closer, the combination of which is not always well suited for older eyes. Brock</blockquote>

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