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Scope Opinions Wanted...Zeiss Diavari or Nightforce NSX??
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<blockquote data-quote="Garycrow" data-source="post: 1018036" data-attributes="member: 30743"><p>I'm comparing the NXS 8-32 to my friend's 5-25 ATACR. </p><p></p><p>Specifically the clarity and color rendition isn't quite as crisp in the NXS, and the ATACR handles glare a bit better. </p><p></p><p>The NXS glass is pretty good and to be honest I think entirely too much is made of nitpicking glass quality in high end tactical type scopes. However, the OP did ask about a NXS vs. a Zeiss Diavari and to be honest the glass is going to be a bit better in the Diavari. How much better and if it makes any difference is debatable. I have a couple of hunting scopes with really good glass (the swaro and meopta) that top out at 10X and 12X respectively and were bought for low light use, the poster who said you can't compare a 10X and 32X is correct, they're different beasts & the mechanics of making a good 32X scope are different than making a good image at 10X. Obviously the exit pupil becomes a huge player when cranking up the magnification to 32X in lower light situations. I also feel that glass quality really only becomes a player in low light situations while hunting, during daylight most anything will do and choosing a scope for daylight shooting because it give you better color rendition is kind of silly, you're not taking pictures through the thing. The OP said he was planning on hunting with it so low light performance could be a factor for him with this scope which is why it might be worth splitting hairs over optics quality to him.</p><p></p><p>I'm not bashing my NXS, I love it and it does exactly what I bought it for which is let me hit little targets with my 6BR at crazy ranges with boring regularity while maintaining rock solid adjustment no matter which way I spin the turrets. However, it's not on the rifle I reach for when I want to hunt deer over a plot and might need to pick a good buck out of the shadows at last light. I pull out the 7mm rem mag with the fat reticled Swarovski PH on it for that. I don't use that rifle when I want to shoot prairie dogs at 600 yds either though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Garycrow, post: 1018036, member: 30743"] I'm comparing the NXS 8-32 to my friend's 5-25 ATACR. Specifically the clarity and color rendition isn't quite as crisp in the NXS, and the ATACR handles glare a bit better. The NXS glass is pretty good and to be honest I think entirely too much is made of nitpicking glass quality in high end tactical type scopes. However, the OP did ask about a NXS vs. a Zeiss Diavari and to be honest the glass is going to be a bit better in the Diavari. How much better and if it makes any difference is debatable. I have a couple of hunting scopes with really good glass (the swaro and meopta) that top out at 10X and 12X respectively and were bought for low light use, the poster who said you can't compare a 10X and 32X is correct, they're different beasts & the mechanics of making a good 32X scope are different than making a good image at 10X. Obviously the exit pupil becomes a huge player when cranking up the magnification to 32X in lower light situations. I also feel that glass quality really only becomes a player in low light situations while hunting, during daylight most anything will do and choosing a scope for daylight shooting because it give you better color rendition is kind of silly, you're not taking pictures through the thing. The OP said he was planning on hunting with it so low light performance could be a factor for him with this scope which is why it might be worth splitting hairs over optics quality to him. I'm not bashing my NXS, I love it and it does exactly what I bought it for which is let me hit little targets with my 6BR at crazy ranges with boring regularity while maintaining rock solid adjustment no matter which way I spin the turrets. However, it's not on the rifle I reach for when I want to hunt deer over a plot and might need to pick a good buck out of the shadows at last light. I pull out the 7mm rem mag with the fat reticled Swarovski PH on it for that. I don't use that rifle when I want to shoot prairie dogs at 600 yds either though. [/QUOTE]
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