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    Product Review: GPO Passion 8 x 56.

    Nope, it absolutely is accurate and a false pupil can intrude into the FoV and cause unwanted effects as I have explained in a post above. It's not the case on the 8x56 because it's too far to the outside but it is a problem in my AK-prism 10x45 DDoptics, which I cannot use with glasses because...
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    Product Review: GPO Passion 8 x 56.

    They sometimes can cause reflections or glare and unwanted effects when observing with glasses for instance. BTW -- I need to update my above comment about the whole "Made in China" thing. From all I could gather so far on the interwebs, those are indeed all made by Kamakura in their Chinese...
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    Product Review: GPO Passion 8 x 56.

    One thing just came to mind - it was this review by Pinac who made me think those are all Kamakura binos just as the DDoptics Pirschler, Vixen New Foresta 8x56, etc. But I'm really having doubts now. On the other hand - despite endlessly searching aliexpress and Alibaba I didn't find any...
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    Product Review: GPO Passion 8 x 56.

    As promised I took a few pics of the Kite Cervus HD to show the similarities. To me they look almost identical except for the coatings on the ocular lenses. And the false pupils seem to be present as well just very small. I took a pic of my vintage 7x50 "Safari" with AK-prisms and large false...
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    Product Review: GPO Passion 8 x 56.

    I can post some pics tomorrow of the Kite. Details are too similar to be a coincidence, down to the font used for the "8x56" on the focus wheel.
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    Product Review: GPO Passion 8 x 56.

    Interesting -- thanks for posting. With those close-up pics I can now comfirm that this seems to be the exact same binocular as the Kite Cervus HD 8x56 that I own. Only that I don't see any false pupils or reflections in the ocular. But the rest looks exactly the same. Eyecups, inside of the...
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