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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jring" data-source="post: 3299305" data-attributes="member: 133897">Hi,I think 613Orm, the reviewer of the eschenbach quoted above, is from spain. I have found a thread on the Eschenbach in a german forum which mostly supports what 613Orm wrote but also mentions some flaws - let me give you the quick version what the two posters who had used the bin wrote:+ nice looks + good color rendition, not a lot of CA+ sharp until 75%+ large field of view o still usable (but compromised) view in very difficult lighting- not very rugged build- short eye relief/difficult eye placement- slow focusOne tester also mentions the focus adjustment not being the same for both tubes but wasn't sure...Both testers didn't buy the Eschenbach - one prefered the Meosport 8x25, the other wanted to test the swaro 8x25 first.I think the short eye relief kind of explains the miracle of the wide field of view - back in the days there was a lot of true wide angle bins - but their eye relief was usually way below 10mm. Today almost nobody dares to sell a bin below 13mm eye relief and this means either smaller field of view or heavy and bulky oculars.Maybe I should try to find the Eschenbach in a store and take my Conquest Compact...Joachim</blockquote>