Poll: does NL glare depend on eyeglasses? (3 Viewers)

[tenex]

Let's find out...

 

[james holdsworth]

I voted no glare, no glasses….I got glare initially but it mostly disappeared with eyecups mostly all the way down. I can see where eyeglass users might have a problem as they might not be able to get there eye close enough to the ocular.

 

[ajfossey]

I have both 8 and 10 x42s, use one or the other daily, and voted that despite wearing eyeglasses, I experience no issues with glare. Both top notch binoculars.

 

[Eranou]

I use 10x42 daily, very rarely some glare at the very bottom of the view, which is easily removed with eye positioning. I don’t use glasses. I have yet to find any binocular which completely eliminates glare, and would be very surprised to find a pair that does.

 

[Gijs van Ginkel]

Despite intensive use of the NL 8x42 and NL 8x32 I have not found any glare at all. I do not wear eyeglasses.
Gijs van Ginkel

 

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I had the exact same glare in the bottom of the FOV as described in Binomania in my NL 8x42 and I don't wear glasses, and what really bothered me was I knew just what angle to hold the binocular to get it. Binomania describes some methods to reduce the glare.

L'effetto abbagliamento nello Swarovski NL PURE? Ecco come risolverlo - RECENSIONI DI BINOCOLI, OTTICHE SPORTIVE E TELESCOPI ASTRONOMICI ...dal 2006

Dopo mesi dal test sul campo dello Swarovski NL PURE ho avuto il piacere, grazie alla disponibilità di un lettore di Binomania, di verificare la presenza dell'abbagliamento. E' possibile risolvere il problema molto facilmente, ma perché in Austria non ci hanno ancora pensato?

www.binomania.it

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[Robert Moore]

I use the 8x42 NL with no glare issues. It is better than most. I wear glasses.

 

[quincy88]

Glare ”problem” is a bit harsher than I would describe it. I easily see glare with and without glasses in the 10x42s, but am not too bothered by it.

 

[Richard D]

I wonder whether it's more to do with height of the central axis in relation to a persons pupils - some people seem to place the top of the eyecups just under the orbital ridge others on it. Preference for eye-relief must have an impact on the optical path too. are everyone's pupils, perfectly centred? There seems to be range of views from not seeing glare through seeing some glare but it not being problematic to the glare being problematic.

 

[tenex]

Another interesting viewing variable is the angle of one's head relative to the binocular, since people do hold their heads somewhat differently and may be accustomed to looking a bit up or down to see level.

(Eranou is quite right that glare can occur in any binocular, so by "problem" I mean more than is typical, or in circumstances where one wouldn't have expected it. I haven't spent enough time with an NL myself to judge this or experiment with repositioning.)

 

[chill6x6]

I have used the NL 8X32s for about a year. Zero issues with glare.

 

[GrampaTom]

Tenex, I've looked through Nl842, 1x and 832, 2x. Dont feel it'd be right to vote, as the conditions were limited and time too short. So I'll report but not vote. I saw no glare, period, full stop. Never see it in my EL 1042s either... Finally did see it in 35 year old Zeiss 1040B. Thought, "Oh thats what these people are talking about"

 

[Troubador]

Viewing objects below a bright sun using NL 8x32, I always experienced glare (I wear spectacles) but pointing the binos in any other direction there was none and on cloudy days there was none. So the circumstances of when glare appears is quite specific and if members don't experience these circumstances they won't experience glare whether they wear spectacles or not. So when discussing the issue of whether glare is seen or not it is critical that the circumstances under which the NLs were used is made clear.

Lee

 

[Swedpat]

I voted I use eyeglasses and do not find glare a problem. I can see glare like in the picture in post 6 in some situations but mostly not. And I do not consider it as a problem.

 

[james holdsworth]

You should define “problem”

 

[CharleyBird]

You should define “problem”

and which NL.
I voted no problem with 12x42 without glasses.
Would the higher 12x magnification be more or less prone compared to an 8x model given the same objective size?

 

[dries1]

Judging from the response on this thread, I would say the the topic of glare in the NL has been beaten to death already, (for the last year).