1) Rubber eyecups have fallen off. The rubber was thin and delicate and they ripped off in pretty short order. I use these with my glasses on, so it hasn't affected their usability for me at all, but it is some cause for concern.
2) When I mentioned I could see a hint of Cassini division in Saturn's rings I must have been delusional - absolutely no way. I can hardly see it with my 4.5" newtonian.
3) Took these to a football game last week and, sitting in the top deck, view was like watching TV. Image is brighter through the scopes than naked eye, to a noticeable degree. These are really satisfying for sports. The lightness and hand hold-ability are key here. They're a little less great for birding because of the longer short-focus. I've found plenty of birding situations where I couldn't close-focues enough with these.
Otherwise, they've held up great, are a great value, and make for great deep sky viewing!
Overall Rating: 9 Weight: 7 (Veritable Vote) Date: 02/22/2001 10:11:00 am PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.103.93) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=41947
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Overall Rating: 9 Weight: 1 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 05/03/2001 07:28:14 pm PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.96.111) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=41951
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Overall Rating: 9 Weight: 9 (Veritable Vote) Date: 09/08/2001 11:06:10 am PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.201.194) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=41958
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Overall Rating: 7 Optics:9 Value:7 Weight: 2 (Unreliable Vote) Date: 01/31/2002 09:25:26 am PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.224.50) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=62835
Overall Rating: 9 Optics:8 Value:10 Weight: 30 (Notable Vote) Date: 07/02/2002 08:02:12 am PST By: Anonymous (xxx.xxx.149.200) Link to this vote: http://www.excelsis.com/1.0/displayvote.php?voteid=109357
That saves me. Thanks for being so sseinble!
June 2003, 2003 model Improvement Recently, I was given the opportunity to test a new 2003 model of the 15x70s to compare the coatings to the older models. Although my 2002 model is listed as FMC, there are obvious reflections indicating uncoated surfaces, possibly on the prisms. These newer 2003 version show substantial improvement. All surfaces appear to be coated. The eyelens is now multi-coated as compared to the 2002 model that appeared to have single blue MgF on the lenses. Reflections off the objective lens are reduced. Contrast is improved. I was able to view objects at the limits of performance with these newer 2003 15x70s that I could not see in my older 2002 15x70s. Significant improvement. Excellent value. edz
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