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  1. brocknroller

    Nikon 8x30 E2 eyecup modification/replacement

    Thanks for posting that photo. Your hands are a lot smaller than mine although your fingers are thicker. My hands and fingers are long and narrow like the reviewer from scopereviews.com who had his thumb on the focuser bridge, which is what concerned me. I'll have to dig out a photo from my...
  2. brocknroller

    Nikon 8x30 E2 eyecup modification/replacement

    Thank you! I finally got the photos I've wanted to see. It shows that the SFL focuser, though located in the general area where I would normally position my thumbs underneath the barrels, is positioned far enough above the bottom of the barrels to rest my thumbs on each side without rubbing up...
  3. brocknroller

    Nikon 8x30 E2 eyecup modification/replacement

    As Valentine Michael Smith would say, "I don't grok it." If you don't roll them all the way up to touch the focuser bridge, and you can't wrap them under the barrels (unless you've got short thumbs) because they'd touch the focuser, where on the SFL's do you have room for your thumbs to overlap...
  4. brocknroller

    Nikon 8x30 E2 eyecup modification/replacement

    Glad to hear that! They are very comfortable to use, and you can't beat the 8.8* FOV for under $3,000 (NL Pure). Now to the "Question of the Day." I find thumb support with roofs very critical. If I can't support the roofs underneath with my thumbs, I can't get a comfortable, stable grip and...
  5. brocknroller

    Nikon 8x30 E2 eyecup modification/replacement

    I love DIY solutions! One size does not fit all, so sometimes you need to make modifications. For me, it was easier, I simply turned the eyecups upside. From pressing your face against the eyecups, they flare out and become even wider in diameter, which makes it harder to see the full FOV. For...
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