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Glare, flare, internal reflections and veiling??? Someone care to explain?
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<blockquote data-quote="OPTIC_NUT" data-source="post: 2949621" data-attributes="member: 121951"><p>Now that's some poetic parable-wielding! We were just watching 'Red October' </p><p>last night. I think you mean....what about sensible use of the widget?</p><p></p><p>The winters here (NE Massachussetts) can have a lot of brilliantly-lit snow-pack under</p><p> a shady canopy, though. It's hard to duck-n-cover from that. I was despairing the</p><p>leakiness of roof binoculars, and then, more appopriately, the lack of good old-school</p><p>front irising and flat-black wall coating, and my antique binoculars were beating the </p><p>pants off the newer stuff, but now the tide is turning, and yesterday I saw about</p><p>a dozen pairs, mostly roof, with two-stage light suppression, a 2-step iris/tunnel</p><p>and then a ribbed cone. Some binoculars from the middle period, say 2006-2012,</p><p>benefit a lot from a hood, not just for strong direct light but for strong diffuse like</p><p>snow-pack. Old Bushnell Customs and high-power Selsis have amazing contrast</p><p>under such lighting. </p><p></p><p>But...the 'back-to-the-future' trend in front irising is well underway now.</p><p>What I saw from Vortex, Carson, Nikon, and Leupold yesterday shows...they get it.</p><p>What's brightness without contrast to make it into information?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OPTIC_NUT, post: 2949621, member: 121951"] Now that's some poetic parable-wielding! We were just watching 'Red October' last night. I think you mean....what about sensible use of the widget? The winters here (NE Massachussetts) can have a lot of brilliantly-lit snow-pack under a shady canopy, though. It's hard to duck-n-cover from that. I was despairing the leakiness of roof binoculars, and then, more appopriately, the lack of good old-school front irising and flat-black wall coating, and my antique binoculars were beating the pants off the newer stuff, but now the tide is turning, and yesterday I saw about a dozen pairs, mostly roof, with two-stage light suppression, a 2-step iris/tunnel and then a ribbed cone. Some binoculars from the middle period, say 2006-2012, benefit a lot from a hood, not just for strong direct light but for strong diffuse like snow-pack. Old Bushnell Customs and high-power Selsis have amazing contrast under such lighting. But...the 'back-to-the-future' trend in front irising is well underway now. What I saw from Vortex, Carson, Nikon, and Leupold yesterday shows...they get it. What's brightness without contrast to make it into information? [/QUOTE]
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