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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Dracon" data-source="post: 1437268" data-attributes="member: 14799"><p>Fugi - Your Zeiss porro 8x30 B monocular is just half of the Zeiss 8x30 B Porro binocular. Zeiss made both a roof and porro 8x30 B in binocular and monocular configuration. Now I am talking about the West German product, not the Jena Zeiss.  The German & West German Zeiss which preceded the 8x30 B model was in the old classic style with smaller eyepieces which didn't accommodate the eye glass wearer.  It was an excellent glass. Zeiss started to push the roof prism models to the point that gradually the 6x30, 8x30, 7x50, 10x50, and 15x60 porros were phased out.   They all evolved to B models before that happened. I'm not sure the porros are made anymore.  The roofs reign supreme in Zeiss land today. I have a pair of Zeiss 7x50 porros IF made in the 1930s that are of course without coatings and heavily used.  But they still have excellent resolution and are very comfortable to my eyes. John</p></blockquote><p></p>