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    Vixen @Six 6x18: quirky and surprising pocket binocular

    Voilà ! https://binocular.ch/vixen-6-6x18/ And for the Papilio: it's huge against the Vixen @6. The Papilio is a brighter and perhaps a tad sharper, and of course it's near focus performance is unbeatable. Plus it's splashproof !
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    Vixen @Six 6x18: quirky and surprising pocket binocular

    Thank you for the reminder - yes, will do shortly (I hope;))
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    Vixen @Six 6x18: quirky and surprising pocket binocular

    yarrellii (post #13), Thank you - but I hope you don‘t expect me to answer your many very justified questions;) Re aperture: the front lens is indeed 18mm, but an internal baffle acts as a field stop and „eats away“ roughly 2mm of aperture, and this explains the exit pupil which is not the...
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    Vixen @Six 6x18: quirky and surprising pocket binocular

    Yarrellii, just for fun, here some data, since I use these for my website anyway: Objective diameter: 18 mm Free aperture (measured): 16 mm Magnification: 6x Exit pupil (measured): 2.7 mm Eye relief (according to spec): 12 mm Usable eye relief (measured from rim of folded eyecups): 10mm IPD...
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    Vixen @Six 6x18: quirky and surprising pocket binocular

    I agree, but would say that part of it is due to the better „Einblickverhalten“ / ease of view of the Papilio with its bigger eyecup diameter.
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    Vixen @Six 6x18: quirky and surprising pocket binocular

    After reading yarrellii‘s review, I couldn‘t resist and ordered one of these. Thanks again for the heads up, yarrellii - I find your review accurate in each and every respect (including the remark about the Shrek kitten ;) )and the little Vixen an amazingly usable little toy, esp. also its...
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    Vixen @Six 6x18: quirky and surprising pocket binocular

    Astroshop.de, a large German optics seller, has the Vixen in stock. But prices for that little thing seem to be going up.
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    Vixen @Six 6x18: quirky and surprising pocket binocular

    Thank you for this? Where did you buy?
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