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What's the latest on Meopta?
Yes, top quality glass, I can see now why they don't need to tinker further with the optics. Which only makes me more curious what B2 would have involved: presumably a wider field, maybe flat, maybe not...? I got CameraLand's year-end sale, $999. Adjusted for inflation, that's about what they... -
What's the latest on Meopta?
Thanks for that observation. We mainly use 10x, and our FL and BN are 10x32, so I don't have the most appropriate field curvature comparison. It has been said here that the 10x FL does better than the 8x, and the same may be true of BN. I didn't compare the MeoStar with our 8x, the E II... -
What's the latest on Meopta?
Mini-review of B1 Plus 8x32: I've long been curious, and an attractive sale price on the 8x32 finally tempted me to try one. This is the latest Plus version; photos below show it folded to a typical IPD, front and back (views hard to find online). The armor is now nicely grippy, without thumb... -
What's the latest on Meopta?
Yes, both 8x and 10x32. They do turn up on eBay; I think I saw two recently. Dark green armor: the B1 equivalent with the shame shape minus dimples, while the 1.1 equivalent got a new busier design and a knurled (metal?) focuser. Never a Plus though, as Euro HD was discontinued around the... -
What's the latest on Meopta?
Thanks for that comparison. Unfortunately the B1 Plus line no longer includes 10x32, so you got yours just in time. -
What's the latest on Meopta?
But we're getting it. It was so very nice to see an East European company survive as Jena/Docter did not; now one begins to wonder. Everyone seems to agree that it's good glass, but MeoStar has become the soap opera of sports optics. Does it compete with midrange models, or with alphas? Is a... -
What's the latest on Meopta?
...but as iseegeorgesstar just posted in the Bargains thread, CameraLand has B1 Plus 8x32 on year-end sale for $999. That's getting more attractive again. Andy, how would you say it compares to a Conquest? (now $780 at B&H) -
What's the latest on Meopta?
No, I'm reporting what someone at Meopta said, although one can see what even their internal communication is like. Andy in post #3 said he noticed some improvement in brightness and/or color, but the first was "since 2012", while the second may have been specific to the Plus? Whereas I could... -
What's the latest on Meopta?
I've been informed by a contact at Meopta that the only difference between B1.1 and Plus, apart from redesigned armor, is MeoDrop (hydrophobic) coating. So there is no new Mg body, this and other errors in their literature mentioned above remain unexplained, and this thread can get no further. -
What's the latest on Meopta?
(1) There was also a 17% discrepancy in weight of the 8x32 between the catalog figure and online. (2) 1200g is also the weight of SLC 15x56. I thought the MeoStar (used to be?) heavier, due to an Al body. Even the series box is confusing, stating "HD Fluoride" when 8x and 32mm models don't... -
What's the latest on Meopta?
Thanks. The question then is where they got all those weights listed in the catalog: they must have built Mg prototypes... and then decided not to produce them? But it would take a new process just to do that, so once they had it, why not use it? Or maybe it is Mg now after all, since this is... -
What's the latest on Meopta?
No, not so much on 32s, but certainly on the bigger models. Just to answer the question Mg vs Al, let me reword that: is your Plus about the same weight as FL 32, or several ounces heavier? (17% should be noticeable) Or anyone else can do this. Does your own B1 Plus weight agree with the... -
What's the latest on Meopta?
That explains the shelving of B2. It does not explain hopeless confusion over specifications of the existing Plus. I just noticed that their 2023 catalog says the Plus models finally have magnesium bodies, whereas previous threads here still suppose aluminum. But even this can't be resolved... -
What's the latest on Meopta?
...and just as difficult to understand as ever. I've just re-read several older threads to confirm my confusion. There was an impression when Plus was launched (spring 2020, bad timing!) that improved coatings (MeoLux replacing MeoBright) were the only optical change, apparently confirmed in... -
What's the latest on Meopta?
Incidentally I just saw they're bringing out a new PLUS version of the TGA 75 drawscope, so I suppose they're carrying on much the same. -
What's the latest on Meopta?
Thanks. Peculiar reflections off those Meopta eyepieces; I wonder what the surface shape is. -
What's the latest on Meopta?
Thanks. But why would a 2020 B1+ have a loose hinge, what focus problem, and what seals were replaced? (I suppose the eyecups were cosmetic?) I'd like to try the 8x32 but don't know how I'd get on with the narrow eyecups; have they remained unchanged throughout? I've noticed that Zeiss FL... -
What's the latest on Meopta?
I'd like to catch up with the Meopta situation in two respects. (1) What differences have users found between B1, B1.1, and B1+ that a buyer would care about? For example, have coatings improved, and at what point? Is the fancy focuser on the 1.1/1+ any better or worse, more or less...