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Expect sensational performance from the Victory T* FL LT binocular because this top-notch binocular delivers. The excellence of Zeiss's brightest binocular comes from superior optical quality, including Zeiss fluoride glass, patented T* anti-reflective coatings, and Schmidt-Pechan prisms with dielectric mirror coatings. Customers greatly appreciate the one turn to infinity focusing mechanism, four position click-stop eyecups, and easy-to-clean LotuTec™ coating. The Victory T* FL LT comes with the Zeiss limited lifetime transferable warranty.
Optical Features
| Fluoride Glass |
Enhances resolution, color, and contrast. |
| Fully Multi-coated Lenses |
Increase light transmission with multiple anti-reflective coatings on all air-to-glass surfaces. T* coatings. |
| Phase Correction |
Enhances resolution and contrast through roof prisms. P* coatings. |
Construction Features
| Roof Prisms |
Appreciated for a streamlined shape and durability. |
| Magnesium-reinforced Body |
Is sturdy and resistant to corrosion. |
| Rubber Armoring |
Provides a secure, non-slip grip. |
| Multi-position Eyecups |
Twist up and down for comfortable viewing with or without eyeglasses. |
| Center Focus Wheel |
Adjusts both binocular barrels at the same time. |
| Locking Right Eye Diopter |
Adjusts for differences in a user's eyes. Located by the center focus wheel. |
Design Features
| Waterproof |
Optics are sealed with O-rings to prevent moisture, dust, and debris from getting inside the binocular. |
| Fogproof |
Barrels are filled with nitrogen gas to inhibit internal fogging. |
| LotuTec® Lens Coating |
Repels water and residue on outer glass surfaces. |
Pros and a few cons
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11/30/2011
by
JL from Enfield, CT
The Zeiss clarity is great, and these weigh enough less than the 10 X 40 Zeiss Victory I used before (about 20 years old). And this makes a difference for use in the field.
Major cons are:
Slow focus wheel adjustment if you have an even relatively small change in distance from one bird to the next which happens all the time in the field. This is the biggest negative for these binoculars and this has caused me to miss good looks at birds that are gone faster than I can focus.
The amount of shake that is experienced with any 10X binocular is a negative, but I find I am used to this and often don't notice it exept when I'm evaluating the binoculars and looking for it. Actually, I tried the 8x32 model, and the amount of image shake seemed to be about the same.
The larger image from 10X vs. 8X, is the plus that I can't do without. So this is an aceptable trade-off.
I've not been very successful in the manual diopter adjustment, so I leave the binoculars without any manual resetting. My eyes change throughout the day, and what is blurry in the morning can be close to 20-20 vision by mid-aternoon.
I've used them with and without eye glasses, and glasses provide a sharper image, but no glasses are quicker to the eye and to focus.
Pretty darn nice
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11/27/2011
by
Russ from Vienna, VA
I've been using these in the field for about 10 months. They are my first pair of roof prism bins and cost about 6x the 8.5x44 porros that they replaced. I can't really compare to other high-end binoculars, but I can say what I like about these.
Optics: sharp edge to edge and bright. I don't notice any loss of light gathering capability compared to the 8.5x44 porros, which is remarkable. I also lost less field of view than I feared might be the case.
10x power: this has worked well for me ... a little higher power plus the sharpness has made me feel like I don't always have to have my scope with me.
Fast focus: the focus knob feel and the rate of focus is just great for me. I tend to use both index fingers and most focus changes are less than 1/8th turn. Close focus is also great.
Shape and size: these are not light binoculars, but they sit nicely in my hands so I can hold them steady. In a pinch I can put them in the glove compartment, which was impossible with my old pair. I really wanted a physically smaller binocular, without sacrificing performance and I do feel like I got that.
Eyeglasses: I've started wearing eyeglasses when I bird and these work well with them. And without, when you adjust the eye cups.
Negatives, in my opinion, would be the cost, the weight, some loss of FoV based on the 10x32 compared to my old 8.5x44, and accidental lower lens cap closures. The issue with the lens caps, is that they are the kind that hang down and one will sometimes cover the objective just from bouncing against my clothing. Then some bird pops up, you bring up the bins quickly, and find that your view looks really weird until you realize you need to remove a lens cap. By that time said bird is gone. The easy fix is just take the caps off the bins and use them without that protection.
The cost negative is harder to rationalize. I bought a Zeiss scope 7 years ago, and I felt from day one it was worth every penny. My only regret was that I hadn't gotten one 10 years earlier. With these bins, I really like their optical performance, "hand feel", etc. But they are definitely more of a luxury item, whereas I felt the scope was a good value.
One last observation. This pair and my previous bins had all the extra low dispersion glass and coatings for high performance. These optical setups are very sensitive to the interocular distance adjustment, eye distance from eyepiece, and simple alignment of how you hold them and look through them. If you've never experienced this, you might think they are defective the first time you look through them and literally can't see anything. It has taken me, for both pairs, a couple of weeks of field use before muscle memory was reprogrammed and I no longer noticed this aspect. If you just hand these bins to someone to look through, there is a good chance they will have trouble using them.
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