Zeiss Binoculars

More Information  · Supplied Accessories  · Images of Some Features Price $1,849.99 List Price $2,149.99 Optical Type Roof Prism Field of view 8° Field of view 1000 yards 420' Exit Pupil 4mm Relative Brightness 16 Twilight Factor 16 Eye Relief 16mm Interpupillary Distance 52-74mm Close Focus 6.5' Weight 19.75 oz. Height 4.6" Armored Yes Waterproof Yes Warranty Limited Lifetime

The new Zeiss 8x32mm FL binocular combines a whole series of optical advances to create a truly state-of-the-art midsized binocular. New LotuTec optical coatings repel oil and water for clearer, sharper images in all weather conditions. Its innovative Advanced Optics System (AOS) uses an environmentally-friendly thin lens technology that gives you higher optical performance in a lighter-weight body than ever before. Special extra-low dispersion Fluoride glass (FL) lens elements provide outstanding edge definition and minimal color fringing. Colors are true to life, bright and crisp.

The Zeiss 8 x 32 FL has very low astigmatism, curvature of field, and barrel distortion. Its images stay remarkably sharp and usable to the edges of the very wide 8° field. Its 4mm exit pupil gives bright images in the low light of dusk or woodland birding, without wasting light in bright seeing conditions. This Zeiss 8 x 32mm is truly a superb and easy-to-handle binocular for those who want the sharpest and brightest possible images from a medium size binocular, particularly for close-in birding in tricky lighting situations.

Features of this binocular . . .

• Lightweight body: The 19.75 ounce body of this lightweight and rugged internal center focus H-body roof prism binocular is made of die-cast magnesium. It is covered in noise- and shock-absorbing black rubber armor, with forest green armor available on special order. Ribs on the armored barrels, where the palms and fingers fall naturally, provide a sure grip in wet weather. The 4.6" long body is ergonomically designed for remarkably low weight, good balance, and easy handling.

• Advanced Optics System design: Resolution, contrast, and color fidelity are all unsurpassed. The unique and innovative Advanced Optics System (AOS) provides extremely high brightness and edge sharpness. The system uses higher-transmission non-mirrored Abbe-Koenig image-erecting prisms (instead of conventional Pechan-type roof prisms that have light losses due to their aluminized or silvered reflecting surfaces). Abbe-Koenig prisms have about 5% higher light transmission than standard Pechan prisms. Combined with the system’s full multicoatings, these high transmission prisms give the Zeiss Victory FL greater than 90% total light transmission (up to 7% higher light throughput than other premium binoculars) for the highest light transmission of any binocular in its class. Special internal baffling also results in less stray light, yielding higher contrast. The objective lenses use new Fluoride glass that contains neither lead nor arsenic, so production is environmentally friendly. The extra-low dispersion Fluoride glass gives fully-saturated and true-to-life colors. Lenses in this new optical design are thinner than conventional lenses, which lowers overall weight.

• Fully multicoated: All optical elements are fully multicoated with patented and proprietary Zeiss T* (T-Star) antireflection coatings for maximum light transmission.

• Phase coated: P* (P-Star) phase-correcting optical coatings on the image-erecting prisms provide very high contrast and resolution. This is particularly visible when looking sunwards, where more color and detail is clearly visible in the shadowed areas of backlit or silhouetted birds. Phase coatings are actually a Zeiss innovation – one that has been imitated, but never duplicated, by other binocular manufacturers.

• Fully waterproof and fogproof: Nitrogen-filled and O-ring sealed to be fogproof in all temperature extremes and waterproof to a depth of 3 meters (10 feet) for a period of one day. Inert nitrogen filling also prevents the internal formation of fungus in high humidity climates, such as rain forests. The 8x32mm Victory FL is designed to operate reliably over a wide temperature and humidity range – from Attu to Death Valley, from the Serengeti Plains to Costa Rica.

• LotuTec water-repelling lens coatings: All external optical surfaces (eyepieces and objective lenses) are treated with permanent “LotuTec" coatings. These special hydrophobic (water-repelling) coatings are so smooth, even at the molecular level, that water can find virtually no grip on the lens surfaces. This causes the condensation from rain, fog, snow, or your own breath to form in much smaller droplets than on standard optical coatings. Smaller droplets scatter less light, resulting in higher light transmission and a clearer image. Oil, dirt, and grease are similarly repelled, making for simplified, streak-free cleaning.

• Wide field: At 8°, the field of view is quite wide for an 8x binocular.

• Good close focus: The 6.5’ close focus is very good, making this an excellent binocular for butterflies and close-in birding.

• Twist-up eyecups: The twist-up rubber-rimmed eyecups have four clickstops to let you customize the good 16mm of eye relief to match your eyesight. Vignetting is minor for those who must wear eyeglasses while observing.

• Intelligently Tuned Focusing: The Intelligently Tuned Focusing system takes less than one and a quarter turns of the comfortably-large focus knob to move the internal center focus from a 6.5’ near focus to the horizon. Pulling back on the large ribbed focus knob reveals the continuously-variable diopter correction collar. Turn the focus knob to adjust the diopter to match your eyesight, and then push forward on the focus knob to lock in the diopter correction.

• Included accessories: The Zeiss Victory FL comes with a water-shedding padded Cordura nylon case that has both a removable wide shoulder strap and belt loops for no-hands carrying. There is a zippered mesh pocket inside the case to hold car keys, credit cards, etc. Tethered, but removable, objective lens covers are standard, as is an eyepiece rainguard. The wide cloth-covered neoprene neck strap is uniquely contoured to fit comfortably around your neck without chafing during extended use.

• Lifetime warranty: This genuine Zeiss import qualifies for the unique Zeiss Lifetime Transferable Warranty available only to registered owners of Zeiss products that have been legally imported by Carl Zeiss USA. Click on the “Warranty Information" link to the left and then click on the “Zeiss" link in the warranty page that opens up for the full details of the Zeiss Lifetime Warranty.