The cups themselves appear to be fashioned from metal and covered by soft rubber. Those who wear eye glasses will be delighted to hear that the entire field of view can be very comfortably observed. They offer a very comfortable 21mm of eye relief and twist up before locking rigidly into position.
The eyecups are thoroughly modernised, just like the Savanna 8 x 30I reviewed. These compact porro-prism designs are so very easy to grip, with plenty of contouring on the body to prevent accidental slippage while glassing. Like the lighter weight Savanna model I recently showcased, the binocular is exceptionally stable in my medium sized hands. Picking the instrument up and holding it in my hands, I immediately felt very comfortable with it. The bridge is made from high quality, machined aluminium, while the optics appeared to be accommodated in a polycarbonate housing, overlaid by a thick rubber armouring. The instrument is built like a proverbial tank. The Opticron Imagic TGA WP 8 x 32, with its ocular and objective lens covers attached. I elected to remove the blue and silver waterproof sticker from the front of the rubber armoured chassis pretty much immediately. Tipping the scales at 615g, this is quite a hefty 8 x 32, about 65g heavier than an average 8 x 32 but not quite as hefty as the Leica Trinovid HD 8 x 32(650g) I once had the pleasure of owning. To be honest, I was quite taken aback by the very substantial build of the instrument and the rather fetching soft leather case it was supplied in. I was lucky enough to source a 8 x 32 model from The Birders Store, Worcester, which was being offered at the excellent sale price of just £109 a roughly 33 per cent knock-down on its recommended retail price. The larger aperture models have earned a good reputation with stargazers, and are still going from strength to strength, but in the summer of 2020, the two more compact models – the 32mm and 42mm – were discontinued. The Opticron Imagic TGA range of porro prism binoculars originally consisted of a 8 x 32, 8 x 42, 7 x and 10 x 50 models. Today, their optical wares are well respected as offering exceptional value for money, and backed up by some of the best warranties in the industry. Like the majority of companies in this industry, production of Opticron products has moved mostly to the Far East, either in China or Japan, where their well-orchestrated productions continue to manufacture high quality optical products to sate the demands of customers from every economic bracket. Today, Opticron enjoys a substantial part of the global market for binoculars, spotting scopes and a host of other optical technologies, and has gained the trust of many thousands of enthusiasts on every continent on God’s earth. Opticron began trading back in 1970 here in the UK, founded by a family passionate about bringing good value instruments to a rapidly expanding sports optics market. Though I’ve been investigating the binocular market for just a few years now, I’ve had more of my fair share of fun with a number of Opticron-branded binoculars. In this blog, I will be reporting my findings on yet another Optricron-made porro prism binocular, the Imagic TGA WP 8 x 32, which has once again astonished this author in regard to the quality of both the optics and the design of the chassis, and which has caused him to radically re-think which models he wishes to use in the future. My testing of two models from the internationally established optics manufacturer, Opticron, in particular, whetted my appetite for more studies on this highly traditional binocular design, so much so that I soon became enamoured by their charms. Several weeks ago, I began an in-depth investigation of porro prism binocular designs, having exhaustively examined many dozens of the more popular roof prism models, now saturating the market.
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Chassis: Rubber armoured Aluminium Alloy & Polycarbonate chassisĭioptre Compensation Range: 7.5(with click stops)Ĭlose Focus: 2.5m advertised, 2.26m measuredĬoatings: Differential Broadband Multi-coated, Proprietary F-CoatĪccessories: Lanyard, soft leather carry case, microfibre cloth, ocular and objective covers, instruction manual and warranty card
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