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For those of you who have been helping me along with this decision I thought I would provide an update. I ordered the Zeiss 10X40 ClassiC from Cabela?s so that I could have it in hand to compare against the others I am still considering. If I decide on something else I will return the ClassiCs to Cabela?s. Delivery from Cabela?s took forever ? over a week ? but they finally got here yesterday. Took them out last night after sunset to glass deer in a nearby field.
WOW!!!!
Unbelievable brightness in low light conditions. Comfortable in the hands, but a little bit hard on the eyebrow. Nicely balanced and lightweight. The one thing that really bothered me about the ClassiC was that it does not have a constant distance focus. By that I mean that if you are in focus at 100 yards then shift to looking at something at 500 yards you have to adjust the focus and you have to adjust it again if you go to 800 yards, then again when you come back to 100 yards. Binos I have used in the past (cheaper) have been in focus for the entire range of about 20 yards to infinity. The way the Zeiss works seems very strange.
Anyway, the nearest sporting goods store is only open during the low-light portion of the day on Fridays so I will go then and compare the Zeiss ClassiC against the Swarovski 10X42 SLC and 10X42 EL, which are the only other two binos that I am considering at this point. I have ruled out the Zeiss Victory because it is essentially the same price as the SLC but has a much less durable feel about it. (See previous posts for reasons I have ruled out other binos if you are interested.)
Looking forward to Friday and hope to make a decision this weekend.
Thanks to all for your feedback this far and please keep it coming.
Mark
WOW!!!!
Unbelievable brightness in low light conditions. Comfortable in the hands, but a little bit hard on the eyebrow. Nicely balanced and lightweight. The one thing that really bothered me about the ClassiC was that it does not have a constant distance focus. By that I mean that if you are in focus at 100 yards then shift to looking at something at 500 yards you have to adjust the focus and you have to adjust it again if you go to 800 yards, then again when you come back to 100 yards. Binos I have used in the past (cheaper) have been in focus for the entire range of about 20 yards to infinity. The way the Zeiss works seems very strange.
Anyway, the nearest sporting goods store is only open during the low-light portion of the day on Fridays so I will go then and compare the Zeiss ClassiC against the Swarovski 10X42 SLC and 10X42 EL, which are the only other two binos that I am considering at this point. I have ruled out the Zeiss Victory because it is essentially the same price as the SLC but has a much less durable feel about it. (See previous posts for reasons I have ruled out other binos if you are interested.)
Looking forward to Friday and hope to make a decision this weekend.
Thanks to all for your feedback this far and please keep it coming.
Mark