It would be welcome in a Christmas stocking or as a gift to a new hunting buddy. Ergonomically, my fingertips fall naturally right on the oversized center focus wheel, which means I donвЂ™t have to feel about for the controls as I do with many binoculars, and the rearward weight of the binocular tips slightly into my face.Д«ut, it is extremely useful for most viewing purposes. The binocular weighs a trim 20.8 ounces, but it feels even lighter, largely because of its wonderful equilibrium. One tester said that viewing through the Zeiss was вЂњlike looking through a picture window.вЂќ Another said the field of view was closer to an 8-power binocular instead of the 10X Victory Zeiss submitted for our test.ДЄnother remarkable attribute of the new Zeiss, which will be available in 8Г—42, 10Г—42, and 8Г—32 configurations along with the 10Г—32, is its balance. ItвЂ™s hard to measure that increased field of view without downrange yardage markers, but that amounts to a 15 percent increase in apparent field of view, which youвЂ™ll notice by the amount of landscape delivered by its bright, crisp lenses. The Victory SF brings a whopping 130 meters of view. Most of its 10Г—32 peers, including the excellent Swarovski EL and Leica Trinovid, have fields of view between 110 and 120 meters wide when measured at 1,000 meters.

The first is its absurdly wide field of view, achieved by increasing the sizes of lenses and redesigning the optical prescription, or how all lenses and prisms work together. With its remarkable Victory SF, Zeiss has managed to upend the staid world of binoculars and offer a product with three noticeable advantages.

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