LolI'm not that psyched about wide-field so the only reason to upgrade to NL would be to get rid of the thumb grooves
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Looking to upgrade from my SLC (1 Viewer)
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Excellent, not to mention safe advice, and I’m one of the few who has not liked the NL models I’ve looked through so far, also on the list of people interested in an SLC instead.
Never know until you look through your own eyes.
Add to that sharpness to the edges and undistorted field. AND: long eye relief.
It is indeed a remarkable binocular.
For sure I can't recommend AGAINST an NL 10X42. I've had one about a year. Really, it's just a great binocular. Its forte is it's a 10X42 with the wide FOV of a 8X42. Also the focus adjustment beats anything Swarovski has ever made and the ergonomics are excellent. I used mine most of last winter and even as recently as yesterday trying to find a limpkin in the area. Glare never presented itself in any way whatsoever yesterday and it usually doesn't. I've seen it before, in this very binocular and it's certainly not an every day occurrence and even more importantly it simply is just not that critical of an issue as it's made out to be here by a few outliers.
+1. It is a remarkable bit of kit and worth every penny.For sure I can't recommend AGAINST an NL 10X42. I've had one about a year. Really, it's just a great binocular. Its forte is it's a 10X42 with the wide FOV of a 8X42. Also the focus adjustment beats anything Swarovski has ever made and the ergonomics are excellent. I used mine most of last winter and even as recently as yesterday trying to find a limpkin in the area. Glare never presented itself in any way whatsoever yesterday and it usually doesn't. I've seen it before, in this very binocular and it's certainly not an every day occurrence and even more importantly it simply is just not that critical of an issue as it's made out to be here by a few outliers.
I don't know if you could call Binomania and Holger Merlitz an outlier. They are both pretty knowledgeable about optics, and they both say the NL has a glare problem. I have had binoculars for 20 years and I agree with them and I see exactly the same glare they did.For sure I can't recommend AGAINST an NL 10X42. I've had one about a year. Really, it's just a great binocular. Its forte is it's a 10X42 with the wide FOV of a 8X42. Also the focus adjustment beats anything Swarovski has ever made and the ergonomics are excellent. I used mine most of last winter and even as recently as yesterday trying to find a limpkin in the area. Glare never presented itself in any way whatsoever yesterday and it usually doesn't. I've seen it before, in this very binocular and it's certainly not an every day occurrence and even more importantly it simply is just not that critical of an issue as it's made out to be here by a few outliers.
Of all the NL's though and I have had them all, I would say the 10x42 is the best for controlling glare so depending on how you use them and if you get the eye cups adjusted correctly which can be tedious you may not notice a lot of glare but to write the glare problem off as a non-issue is a mistake because if you do Swarovski will never correct it.
The El had a glare problem and Swarovski never corrected it in the NL, and they should have, so maybe if we complain about it enough they will fix it.
