Eschenbach Trophy D 8x42 Binoculars for Adults for Bird Watching - High Power ED Glass Optics Waterproof Fogproof 27,6oz

TLDR: Buy them. Buy them now. You won’t be sorryPics: you see them compare in size to my beloved Pentax zoom.I threaded the lens caps through the strap so they don’t get lost.And you can see the adjustable eye cups.I consider myself a fairly grumpy and hard to please reviewer. After 500 reviews I think I can count my amount of 5 star reviews on both hands, maybe one. An average decent product should get three stars. An excellent product should get 4. And five stars should be reserved for only those absolutely phenomenal products that not only surpassed all expectations but exhibit some kind of value for their price. Example: there is no doubts Swarovsky binoculars have exceptional performance, but at $3000 a pair, Which is four times the price of the Zeiss and Leica, would you expect any less? I would probably rate those 3 to 4 stars depending on their optical performance vs cost.So when I tell you these binoculars easily rate five stars, I am not kidding. And considering the price of these things I wish I could give them six stars because in terms of value, I rarely see anything that offers this price to performance ratio. I even hesitate to use the word “value” because that often connotes some kind of compromise. When you look through these binoculars you were not compromising anything. Go read some of my other reviews, and consider the fact that I am considered an optics / photography expert and then buy these binoculars. I bought the 10 x 25 but I’m pretty sure that any of their models will prove superlative.Build quality: Top notch. When you handle these things you feel like you were using a work of art all the movement and knobs and adjustments are silky smooth and yet stay in place. The ergonomics are amazing as well your hands and eyes are almost automatically drawn to the perfect position. They are simply a pleasure to use. Accessories: Pretty standard but very good quality neck strap, soft case, eyecaps, objective lens caps. The cabs are soft enough that they stay on very well but hard enough to seem pretty durable and I like the fact that both sets of cabs are connected to each other and have lanyard holes making that much easier to keep track of. Here’s my only criticism of the binoculars at all: which is there’s no instructions on how to thread the neck strap through the binoculars and both sets of caps and I feel kind of like an idiot not being able to figure it out.Field of View: exceptional for 10 power binoculars. This is even more amazing considering the objective lenses are only 25 mm. The image represents is so stunningly vivid and wide that it appears to be greater than the published specs of 342 ft @ 1000 yds. Feels more like 400 feet.Close Focus: The specs again prove to be conservative at a published 9.8 feet. I seem to be able to focus and about 7 feet on my living room couch to the television. This is astonishing for 10 X binoculars.Blackouts: None at all from what I can see whether I am wearing glasses or not. These binoculars are very easy to align with your eyes and the large oversized focusing wheel brings object into smooth focus very quickly. I’m going to ask a few other people how easy they are because I’m experienced with binocular use and I use the eyebrow ridge tilt method to avoid things like blackout. So I’m going to see how easy they are to use with someone less experienced.Light Gathering Power: these are true ED lenses ( at this price!) and fully coated with phase corrected BAK4 prisms. You can tell instantly when you look through them as the image is bright and sharp both in the center and around the edges. It is been a while since I looked through a pair of ultra high-end binoculars such as Leica and Swarovski love from the best of my recollection these Eschenbach really hold their own, at 1/5 to 1/10 of the price. While the prisms aren’t the ultra-high end Super expensive SK15, the image quality doesn’t seem to suffer.Diopter adjustment: Smooth and fast like all the controls. Can’t find the specs but at least covers +/- 3 diopters. This is a greater range then many previous binocular’s I have owned.Fog: The lenses have proven fog free and are mounted in nitrogen filled watertight cylinders. I was using them on a very humid day and even when my glasses started to fog despite being sprayed with very effective Quick Spit anti-fog solution, The binocular lenses did not fog up both with and without my glasses.Durabilty: They seem durably built out of some kind of rubberized magnesium, but but precision objects or not to be tossed about and I’m not going to stress test these things. They’re not advertised as any kind of water / weatherproof but they are outdoor binoculars. Again, I’m not in the mood to find out how much moisture they can tolerate. The company makes a line of waterproof and water resistant binoculars if that’s where your needs lie.Overall image quality and performance: Astounding.When I began to replace my beloved stolen optics, I did considerable research on binoculars: Hiking sites, astronomy magazines, birdwatching publications, and some tactical information as well. The usual suspects showed up everywhere and they’re all very good quality optics. Carson, Vortx, Zeiss, Leica, Celestron, Kenko, as well as camera makers such as Minolta, Olympus, Nikon, Canon and Pentax. These guys are also known for making solidly performing sports optics. Even companies known for lower end products like Bushnell, Wingspan and Tasco have some higher end very good binoculars. But the one name I never saw was Eschenbach. And it almost seems like a crime. The first time I became familiar with the 100 year old German company was when I researched what kind of magnifying glass Sherlock Holmes uses in the BBC series Sherlock. I immediately bought one and was very pleased with the precision and optical quality of such an inexpensive pocket magnifier. To me Eschenbach is like Schneider Optics, a company capable of producing products that rival their competitors such as Leica and Zeiss at considerably less cost, but spend little to no money on advertising and product placement and therefore are not so well-known outside of experts in fields that would use their products.I am wondering how Eschenbach expects to sell their higher end binoculars at (they make models that are considerably more expensive) when their mid range models are so fantastic. Granted the trophy line is one of their more variable product lines sitting somewhere in the mid to high range of their products, so I’m not sure it’s fair to call the Trophy F mid range but certainly that’s where their price points sits. So if you made it through all this I’ll be surprised if you don’t try a pair.

4.5* There is a lot to like about these binoculars. Great view, sharp, bright, colors are rendered in a rich fashion, easy on the eyes "soft" to look through - no eye strain. Right up front it feels like a high quality instrument in your hands (and I liked the box! ;). I didn't really like the shape, it felt unusual, but as I used them I found that it fit beautifully in my hands, easy to hold onto and has great balance, so I was good with it. However, it is annoying to put the objective lens cap on - it has to be just the right way (because of the eccentric shape) and that takes a lot of fiddling every time. Not a huge deal, but I cannot say that I like it. And you are stuck with it. I doubt you could find a round pair that would work. The loss of one-half star comes from focus wheel. It is metal, which is nice. It is deeply knurled, which I found a bit sharp, but it very grippy. The effort required is smooth, not too hard. My issue was that when changing directions there is about 10 degrees of slack. Therefore when fine-tuning your focus, it takes a little longer than it should, in my opinion, as very small adjustments don't do that much. This may simply be because it takes more turns than I am accustomed to to go from near to infinity. But, I didn't like it. Perhaps this pair isn't quite up to snuff, yours may be right on, without any slack. It does focus, and focus well, but it takes a little more fiddling - which is a big deal for birding, it isn't just what you see, it is also how easy you can see it sharp and move onto something else. For me, for the same money, I would go with the Meopta Meopro HD. Just as good a view and a perfect focus wheel.

Optics are excellent! Clear and sharp. In focus to the edges, No fringing noticed. Well constructed & a good quality carry case too.I can recommend the 10X32 Trophy D's. Great bargain at Amazon's price. MSRP is $ 660. and would be a good deal at that.

After searching binos for a while I finally got this one. Last Sunday I did test this binos for birding in a wildness refugee center nearby DC area. My wife and I were quite impressed by its image quality, broad view and sharp focus. I believe the quality of this binos is superior to the others with a tag under $500 on the market. Highly recommended for birding.

These binoculars were badly horizontally miscollimated when they arrived to me, and I was not able to locate any collimation screw. When focused on a distant object centered in the left eyepiece, the object appeared positioned nearly to the inner edge of the right image, at a point perhaps 15% of the diameter. Vertical collimation was correct, so I did not bother looking too hard for the collimation screw, as a single-screw setup would have necessarily spoiled vertical collimation while correcting this major horizontal error. I developed a migraine during the 10 minutes I spent assuring myself that I was not mistaken, as is usual with cases of uncrossed horizontal miscollimation.There was substantial drop-off and haze peripherally, focal plane was narrow, and there was some minor chromatic aberration, but these are nitpicks. I could not use these binoculars, so I really could not evaluate their other properties.Interestingly, though this is a German company and there is German all over the box and instructions, the box bore a Made in China stamp. I suppose the quality control problem I ran into is less surprising.I've been wanting a pair of Steiner field glasses for a long time, and I was hoping these might fit the bill, since they are priced comparably; I was sorry to be disappointed.

good overall quality would not reccomend for eye glass users as eye relief is too small. It has wide field of view slight distortion on edge of view

Great bins

Me llegó defectuoso, y procedi a devolverlo. La caja estaba golpeada y sin el precinto de seguridad de celofán. Por lo demás tuve la oportunidad de mirar a través de ellos y y me parecieron muy buenos.

Not cheap , but really well made. Excellent vision .

To mój drugi zakup tej lornetki. Poprzednia tak się spodobała w rodzinie, że musiałem kupić drugą. Ta nowa okazała się jeszcze lepsza optycznie od poprzedniej. Nie ma aberracji i praktycznie jest ostra w całym polu widzenia i to bardzo dużym jak na takie maleństwo. Poprzednio oceniłem ją na 4 gwiazdki, ale teraz ocenę podwyższam na 5.Firmo Eschenbach wróć do poprzedniego paska, bo ten aż nie przystoi tak świetnej lornetce.

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Wirklich eine Spitzen Optik. Ich besitze in etwa 15 optische Geräte, Hauptsächlich ferngläser. Leider keine sehr teuren Geräte bis jetzt. Das Eschenbach trophy P 8x56 bietet ein wunderbares Bild. Im Prinzip finde ich keinerlei Kritikpunkt beim durchblicken - einfach nur ein Genuss.Was mich in den letzten Monaten wirklich sehr fraglich stimmt ist warum die namhaften Optik Hersteller anscheinend fast gänzlich auf die Produktion von PORROPRISMEN verzichten....!?Ich dachte beim naturbeobachten oder JAGEN etc. Geht es um "Sehen".Wie kann man da auch nur im geringsten Kompromisse beim räumlichen sehen in Kauf nehmen und ausschließlich fahle Dachkanter auf den Markt bringen.Mir fehlen wirklich die Worte.Einfach nur schade. Ich dachte schließlich es geht um OPTIK!DankeZusätzliche Ergänzung ca. 1 Jahr später :Hm... Endlich hatte ich die Gelegenheit ca. 1,5 Stunden mein Eschenbach 8x56 mit dem "Mythos fernglas" Fujinon fmt-sx 7x50 zu vergleichen...! Ich rechnete mit einem doch stärkeren Vorsprung des fujinon - Fakt ist, wenn man sagen könnte man könnte mit dem "bauchgefühl" "sehen" dann sind diese Ferngläser vielleicht sogar gleich gut, beide mit ihren für und wieder und dem eigencharakter. Mal fühlt man im Eschenbach mehr Farbe und Kontrast, dann wieder schiebt sich das fujinon unter irgendeinem Gesichtspunkt ein Stückchen vor - und dann wieder das Eschenbach und so weiter.... Ich kann nur nochmal sagen das Eschenbach porro fernglas 8x56 ist unglaublich! (ich habe sehr oft das Gefühl dass es die Realität BESSER abbildet, ich glaube das trifft es sehr gut. Man hat tatsächlich das Gefühl als würde das erzeugte Bild heller strahlen als das reale, irgendwie mit bisschen Radioaktivität, einfach genial....! ) Hoffe diese Rezension hilft Optik begeisterten.Nachtrag 2 Jahre später: mittlerweile kann ich das eschenbach 8x56 auch mit dem APM 7X50 ED Apo und dem Nikon eII 8x30 monatelang vergleichen. Ich bin an einen Punkt gelangt an dem ich sage jedes optische Gerät hat einfach seinen eigenen Charakter. Diese 3 Geräte sind sicherlich meine Favoriten aus meiner Sammlung. Jedes hat seine Vorteile und Nachteile und Eigenheiten. Ich würde immer wieder diese 3 Geräte kaufen, ganz klar. Ich möchte keines der 3 missen. Ich kenne leider viel zu wenig verschiedene Optiken um ein Anrecht auf Sachkunde für mich zu beanspruchen, aber für mich ist es eine der absolut besten Optiken, und ich denke ich liege da nicht so falsch. Absolut gelungene Abstimmung. Abschließend muss ich einfach nochmal sagen dass das eschenbach gesamt betrachtet ein unglaubliches Gerät ist und unglaublich sauberes Gefühl vermittelt beim handling und letztendlich was noch wichtiger ist beim durchschauen. Ich glaube ich müsste weit aus bessere und feinere Worte wählen um dem Stil dieses Gerätes gerecht zu werden. Es ist wirklich als blicke man durch eine der saubersten Optiken dieses Planeten direkt rein ins Universum (ist hauptsächlich terrestrisch gemeint). Mich wundert es dass es nicht bekannter ist und mehr besprochen wird. E I N F A C H - U N G L A U B L I C H - G U T.

J'ai testé (via les retours gratuits, merci amazon) des jumelles 10x42 celestron trailseeker et vanguard endeavour. L'aberration chromatique était, pour moi, insupportable. Ces Eschenbach trophy 10x42 me comblent, une image hyper précise, claire avec des couleurs respectées, pas d'aberration chromatique (ou si peu que mes yeux non entrainés ne la voient pas) et la possibilité de voir des détails à une très grande distance. Je donne rarement mon avis mais ceux-ci sont tellement rares concernant cette marque que je me permets de le faire. Je recommande chaudement ces jumelles.