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<blockquote data-quote="royinidaho" data-source="post: 178628" data-attributes="member: 2011"><p><strong>Answering my own questions</strong></p><p></p><p>Took three scopes out into the late evening haze just after sunset.</p><p></p><p>There were no street lights to mess up the test.</p><p></p><p>Scopes:</p><p>Leuy 6.5-20X50mm Fine Duplex.</p><p>Zeiss Conquest 6.5-20X50mm Duplex</p><p>Nightforce Benchrest 8-32X56mm </p><p></p><p>Tests were simple and conducted by 3 independent reviewers each with different levels of experience and eye age.</p><p></p><p>Outside results were different than inside results but the results were clear (pun).</p><p></p><p>@ 20X - Light transmission/clarity</p><p>Nightforce came in first considerably ahead of the other two. Voting was unanimous.</p><p></p><p>Surprising second was the Zeiss. @20X the Zeiss was as much brighter than the Leuy as the NF was brighter than the Zeiss.</p><p></p><p>The Leuy began to show dimness beginning @ 14X.</p><p></p><p>Field of view was much greater in the Leuy and Zeiss than the NF. When zooming the NF from 8 to 32 its field of view changed very little.</p><p></p><p>My bean counter (son) was one of the reviewers and suggested that for another couple of hundred bucks I may as well look at the NXS 5.5-22 56mm, I like his thinking. Further evaluations forthcoming.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="royinidaho, post: 178628, member: 2011"] [b]Answering my own questions[/b] Took three scopes out into the late evening haze just after sunset. There were no street lights to mess up the test. Scopes: Leuy 6.5-20X50mm Fine Duplex. Zeiss Conquest 6.5-20X50mm Duplex Nightforce Benchrest 8-32X56mm Tests were simple and conducted by 3 independent reviewers each with different levels of experience and eye age. Outside results were different than inside results but the results were clear (pun). @ 20X - Light transmission/clarity Nightforce came in first considerably ahead of the other two. Voting was unanimous. Surprising second was the Zeiss. @20X the Zeiss was as much brighter than the Leuy as the NF was brighter than the Zeiss. The Leuy began to show dimness beginning @ 14X. Field of view was much greater in the Leuy and Zeiss than the NF. When zooming the NF from 8 to 32 its field of view changed very little. My bean counter (son) was one of the reviewers and suggested that for another couple of hundred bucks I may as well look at the NXS 5.5-22 56mm, I like his thinking. Further evaluations forthcoming.:rolleyes: [/QUOTE]
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