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    Prostaff P7 8x30 arrived, first impressions

    I have often thought about it but I think I couldn't stand fiddling something into my eye. And for some time I often had "pink eye" (probably from working at a laptop too long each day). One year it was so bad that doctors feared for my eyesight after I had it for 3 months (I think it had...
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    Prostaff P7 8x30 arrived, first impressions

    No, I never used it again after it broke. Nikon never answered and I will probably not get anything from that brand anymore. Certainly nothing of their cheap offerings anyway. I'd still like a newer "Mikron" 6x15 however but I already got a vintage one, so not sure I'll ever get a new one (in...
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    Prostaff P7 8x30 arrived, first impressions

    @kimmik I might be able to just glue it back on.
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    Prostaff P7 8x30 arrived, first impressions

    So, a little update - after very moderate use (took it birding on a walk once or twice) the diopter ring came off. Turns out that it is a plastic ring glued to a plastic gear. My mail to the Nikon support has not been answered yet. So despite the nice optics, those plastic build quality is just...
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    Prostaff P7 8x30 arrived, first impressions

    That's always hard to estimate but I'd say around 70% at least. Maybe a bit more. I tried to take a picture but I cannot capture the whole FoV with my lousy cellphone camera. At the right side you can see that the edge gets blurry and there is some slight off-axis chromatic abberation but...
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    Prostaff P7 8x30 arrived, first impressions

    The flat field has nothing to do with the 3D effect. I think that is a common misconception. I'm not sure why the 3D effect seems stronger on the Komz. I think it has to do with the tint of the image as it makes the different green hues of the trees really stand out. I think technically it...
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    Prostaff P7 8x30 arrived, first impressions

    It's a 6 lense (the vintage one supposedly had even 7) flat field system with almost no distortion. But the huge oculars make it nicely balanced in the hands. It's a unique beast. For the money you could probably get something "better" -- meaning with better color fidelity, more lightweight...
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    Prostaff P7 8x30 arrived, first impressions

    So far not. Unfortunately it was cloudy yesterday night. I am very much looking forward to testing it for astronomy. I do like 8x30s for that purpose in fact. Quite nice for star clusters and larger asterisms because of the wide field. Will update the thread accordingly but the next few days...
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    Prostaff P7 8x30 arrived, first impressions

    I made a few more observations and took a few more pics with my phone through the bino and unless my phone-lense has a ton of distortion it seems there is a slight pincushion distortion to the optics. Just much less than vintage wide angles had. Which seems a normal current development as for...
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    Prostaff P7 8x30 arrived, first impressions

    Mine was made 2021. So I guess they are still produced. But on the Komz website, all are out of stock. So I guess the German store, where I got mine BTW, still has some. Used ones pop up on ebay from time to time. The older ones are the same optically but have internal focusing and twist up eye...
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    Prostaff P7 8x30 arrived, first impressions

    The one in the corner is a Komz 7x30. One of the binos I use the most. Mainly for "ship spotting".
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    Prostaff P7 8x30 arrived, first impressions

    You're very welcome. I did fiddle around with them for quite a while today, and apart from the plasticky feel, they are growing on me. Mechanically everything works really well. Focuser is buttery smooth, eyecups click firmly into position, diopter works fine. FoV is really nice, too. My vintage...
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    Prostaff P7 8x30 arrived, first impressions

    Hi guys and gals, my Prostaff P7 came with UPS today. (Package seemed to have taken some abuse but luckily they used enough bubble wrap so the cardboard Nikon box was undamaged.) First impressions -- it is very light, very plasticky (not a single metal part in sight anywhere -- compared to it my...
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