Another phenomenal in-depth detailed review. Love it 😊.Evening all,
Please find a link to my latest review of the Nikon E II 10x 35
I hope you find it of interest!
With best wishes,
Neil.
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Yes you can, but it's a tight squeeze with ordinary glasses.Has anyone found the 14mm stated eye relief of the 10x35 EII's to be sufficient to allow the entire FOV to be seen while wearing eye glasses?
I have the 8x30 EII and, as an eyeglass wearer, find the eye relief not suitable at all for me. Others, I'm sure, will have different opinions, but for me the EII doesn't work well.Has anyone found the 14mm stated eye relief of the 10x35 EII's to be sufficient to allow the entire FOV to be seen while wearing eye glasses?
I've often found that actual usable eye relief varies from one manufacturer to another for the same stated eye relief. For example, I can easily see the entire field in a Leica binocular having a stated eye relief of 16mm yet can just just barely do so in a Swarovski binocular with 19mm of stated eye relief.
I don’t think that should be surprising and would probably hold true with any larger objective size in bright daylight because of the individuals contracted exit pupal during bright conditions. Assuming similar quality optics, I don’t see my 7x50‘s being any brighterthan my 8x or 10x 32’s in bright daylight conditions. But as soon as those clouds roll in , or the sun is very low, then the difference jumps out.Neil - excellent review! It covers some things I didn't think about - the stiffness on the diopter setting for example, I notice it stays put better than earlier E's. The E2 really is a pleasing evolution over the older ones in many different ways. I think the edge definition is better with the 10x35 E2 vs. the E-C version in addition to being wider. And somehow the eye placement is easier and more accomodating too.
I took them out yesterday and compared with my 10x56 Swaro SLC's in bright daylight. I think these are very high transmission because I could barely detect any increase in brightness with the SLC. I'm guessing the transmission of the new E2's is among the highest available these days.
I wouldn't hesitate to say the 10x35 E2 is the best value binocular of any of the ones I've used recently. I want to check out that 7.3 degree FOV - the 7x35 E's are also 7.3, I'm going to go check them now and see which one is bigger.
I had both the 8x30 and the 10x35 Nikon E2's . 3-4 years ago I had to start wearing glasses for a few reasons , one of them being significant astigmatism . I ended up selling both E2's because with my glasses on I couldn't see the entire field of view with either E2 . There are some people out there that claim they can see the entire fov of either E2 with glasses on . I replaced both the E2's with the 8x42 Monarch HG . The Monarch HG's eye relief of 17.8 mm is just enough for me to see the entire field of view comfortably .Has anyone found the 14mm stated eye relief of the 10x35 EII's to be sufficient to allow the entire FOV to be seen while wearing eye glasses?
I've often found that actual usable eye relief varies from one manufacturer to another for the same stated eye relief. For example, I can easily see the entire field in a Leica binocular having a stated eye relief of 16mm yet can just just barely do so in a Swarovski binocular with 19mm of stated eye relief.
yes, agree, but the SLC's rock the transmission spec at 93%, so I figured if the E2's can keep up they're doing prety well. I don't think anyone's going to be left wanting with the contrast, brightness and sharpness of the E2's. That's where the real value is for the price point they're at. The only imperfection vs. the best roofs would be color correction, and once I got the diopter set correctly, it stopped bothering me, I rarely notice it. The contrast and clarity, the light weight for the 35mm aperture, and the ease of holding them are my favorite qualities.I don’t think that should be surprising and would probably hold true with any larger objective size in bright daylight because of the individuals contracted exit pupal during bright conditions. Assuming similar quality optics, I don’t see my 7x50‘s being any brighterthan my 8x or 10x 32’s in bright daylight conditions. But as soon as those clouds roll in , or the sun is very low, then the difference jumps out.
When I first got my 8x30, I didn't have access to the best contact lenses like the ones I use nowadays.3-4 years ago I had to start wearing glasses for a few reasons , one of them being significant astigmatism . I ended up selling both E2's because with my glasses on I couldn't see the entire field of view with either E2 . There are some people out there that claim they can see the entire fov of either E2 with glasses on .