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Help! Coatings on Victory SF being... weird?
Or turn the binocular upside down. Regards. B. -
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Help! Coatings on Victory SF being... weird?
the ghosting can occur from a bright light source way off axis, say 15 degrees to 30 degrees. One has to try to cover every position of the light source, perhaps up to 45 degrees off axis before one can say there are no ghosts. In my experience if the light is bright enough, say car headlamps... -
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Help! Coatings on Victory SF being... weird?
I use streetlights at night to examine for ghost images or car headlamps. Most binoculars show some ghosts, but some are better than others. It is perfectly reasonable to ask other users of your particular model to check. The slightly less than perfect circle doesn't seem to be a major issue... -
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Help! Coatings on Victory SF being... weird?
Differences of coating colour are quite common, but less so in expensive binoculars. Sometimes if a binocular is repaired different batches of replacement lenses occur. The repairer tries to match coating colours if possible. If the view through the two tubes is the same I wouldn't worry. As...