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Although on the market for the last few years, the Zeiss Victory 8x32 T * FL is a milestone in the panorama of mid-sized binoculars. Tough, thanks to the glass fiber polymer reinforced housing (using 60% of fibers in the mix), encasing ultralight magnesium optical tubes, all protected by a sturdy rubber armor, these binoculars offer unsuspected optical qualities, even though the "FL" in the denomination does give away a hint at the most obvious feature.
The Victory 8x32 T * FL does, in fact, employ special glass containing fluoride, characterized by an exceptionally low dispersion index ; thanks to this feature, the internal light dispersion is reduced to a minimum. The most obvious improvement is the almost total absence of chromatic aberrations in the viewed image, the so-called "fringing", which in any light condition is almost imperceptible.
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Sharpness and contrast, all the way to the FOV edges, are excellent, without any halo or glare effects. The optical scheme employs Schmidt-Pechan prisms of new conception, with dielectric treated mirrored surfaces. All lenses have T * (T-Star), multilayer coatings and P * (P-Star) phase coatings , allowing the binoculars to exceed 90% of light transmission value.
The wide-angle eyepiece contributes to the excellent performance of these binoculars: thanks to a proprietary five lens elements optical scheme, a remarkably wide field of view is achieved, 420 meters at 1,000 meters. The eyepiece also offers a generous 16mm eye relief, which makes the instrument particularly attractive for those who wear glasses. The exit pupil is 4 mm; the twilight index is 16. The dioptric compensation is 4 diopters, its adjustment is integrated in the focus control knob and is easily locked. The Victory 8x32 T * FL is based on a closed central steel bridge, on the axis of which is mounted the large focus knob. Very smooth and at the same time perfectly braked, the focus control allows a quick and precise focusing with a single rotation from 2.5 meters to infinity. The binoculars are waterproof up to ISO 9022-81-10 and are nitrogen filled.