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Message: <blockquote data-quote="denco@comcast.n" data-source="post: 3664865" data-attributes="member: 25300">Lee. I don't think it was just the apparent light weight of the SF's that Roger Vine had a problem with. He has had quality issues with several Zeiss samples. Here is a quote below from his review of the Zeiss 10x42 SF's. He actually preferred the SF over the SV though. I just bought a pair of Zeiss Victories 8x25 and although I had to return them for too much eye relief I was very disappointed in the build quality for an $800.00 pair of binoculars. In fact they looked like they were made in China.:king: I then bought a pair of Swarovski 8x25 CL-P's and honestly the quality was much higher. I had an older pair of Zeiss Victory's 8x20 a few years back that were much higher quality than the new model. Makes me think Zeiss quality is going down."Given that these SFs have among the best view and handling of any 42mm binoculars I’ve tested, you might imagine I’ll be rushing out to buy a pair. But I won’t be. And I’m not sure I’d recommend you to either. Why? In a word: quality.You could dismiss the loose armour as a simple QA fail. But then there is all that dust in the left barrel. Even ignoring that, there is evidence of poor build-quality elsewhere: the loose eye cups, the uneven finish on the bridge, the loose and wobbly dioptre knob. Overall, these minor issues add up to a level of quality that just isn’t good enough in binoculars costing this much. I would put this down to a Friday afternoon example, but for the fact that several Zeiss binoculars I’ve reviewed recently have had less than perfect build-quality too.I really loved using the Zeiss SFs. Based on their performance – view and handling – alone, these might well be the best binoculars I have ever reviewed. But their build quality just isn’t good enough and so I’d struggle to recommend them (at least based on this pair, anonymously bought new)."<a href="http://www.scopeviews.co.uk/ZeissVictory10x42SF.htm" target="_blank">http://www.scopeviews.co.uk/ZeissVictory10x42SF.htm</a></blockquote>

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