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  1. J

    Kowa Genesis 8x33: Troubador's Review

    No to go too far off-topic and make this about the FL, but yes, the 8x32 FL has quite good eye-relief, the best I've found in a 32mm including the SV EL with its claimed 20mm of eye-relief.
  2. J

    Kowa Genesis 8x33: Troubador's Review

    I have owned the 8.5x44 Kowa and currently own the 8x32 FL (and have owned the 7x42 as well). I would personally say that the view is not $600 better; however, the focus and the eye-relief are superior to the Kowa, and it is indeed brighter early and late. I actually used the 8x32 FL for deer...
  3. J

    Kowa Genesis 8x33: Troubador's Review

    Great review, I really liked the Kowa 8.5x44 but found it a bit heavy. I've never gotten a chance to try the 8x33, as I worried about eye-relief limitations, but I imagine the actual view through it is "alpha-level," as the 8.5x was certainly on the level of the Swarovision and Zeiss Victory...
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