Re: [Paddlewise] Tasco Binoculars

I do appreciate the point about finding the exit pupil when (a) not wearing
glasses AND (b) not popping the rubber eyecups back up [but of course that's
easy enough to do], but I think [although I could be wrong] that the factors
pointed out ("overfocusing," "diopters"] CANNOT in any way compensate for
short "eye relief"; that is, will not "restore" a normal [wide] field of
view for people using glasses.  (The reason to use glasses and
long-eye-relief binoculars is of course only to avoid having to take off or
push up one's glasses to use the scopes, and then reverse the process every
time you put the scopes down, and so on....  If that fussiness doesn't
bother you [it bothers ME a lot, including the fact that it makes for
missing a lot of wildlife views!], by all means have "normal" scopes!!!)
The only thing I, for one, know of that can even contribute toward
compensating for short "eye relief" (for those wearing glasses while looking
through their scopes) is an ultra-wide-angle lens set-up to start with---not
easy to find in armored, waterproof binoculars, and nowhere near as
effective as long eye-relief anyway.  I would be pleased to learn if I am
wrong about this...  It took "forever" to get binocular makers and importers
to give us a choice of waterproof binoculars with long eye-relief (many of
us bombarded firms with that request for years!); if those who need 'em,
don't buy 'em, that choice will disappear from the marketplace.  (By the
way, one of the early such choices was supposedly a pair from Cabella; I
made the mistake of buying them, and their promised "long eye relief" was
non-existent.  This was before I learned that eye relief can and should be
SPECIFIED by the seller!  Remember: at least 19mm of eye relief, and more is
better!)

- Bill

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Daly" <michaeldaly_at_rogers.com>
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Tasco Binoculars


>  My post was just to point out that there is an alternative to getting
long eye relief and that is to find binocs that do not require the use of
glasses (though I guess it's not that explicitly stated.)
>
> One problem with long eye relief is that the binoculars (or anything with
an eyepiece) can be less easy to use without glasses.  The glasses help hold
the eyepiece at the correct distance.  I've used telescope eyepieces where
the exit pupil is hard to find and keep in your field of view without
glasses due to the amount of eye relief.  ... >
> In general, this is less of a problem with binocs, however, it you are
getting binocs for yourself and your spouse and only one wears glasses, you
may want to look into this.  I have an old pair of high eye relief binocs
that are annoying to use without glasses.  These binocs have very deep eye
cups that are used without glasses and can be rolled down for use with.
They are so annoying that I regret ever buying them.
>
> Mike


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