Eschenbach Trophy D 8×32 ED

Specifications:

Objective diameter:  32 mm
Magnification:  8 x
Exit pupil: 4 mm
Usable eye relief (measured from rim of eyecup): 12 mm
IPD:  54 – 74 mm
RFOV:  7.6  degrees = 133 m
Minimum focus distance (measured): 2.5 m
Focus type: CF (direction of rotation from close to infinity: < anticlockwise)
Range of diopter adjustment (estimate): +/- 4 dpt*
Excess travel of focus wheel beyond infinity position (estimate): 8 dpt*
Prism system:  Schmidt-Pechan
Waterproof: yes
Weight (measured, with eyepiece cover and strap): 598 g
Made in: Germany (?)
*range of diopter adjustment not affected by position of focus wheel

Remarks:

This is the smaller of the two Trophy D model lines (see separate post about „Eschenbach Trophy D 8×42“, https://binocular.ch/eschenbach-trophy-d-8×42-ed/). Despite the fact that it is a very decent middle class binocular sold at a resonable price, it never became a big success.

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Review:

A brief 2014 review (in German) can be found here:
https://www.juelich-bonn.com/jForum/read.php?9,424944,424944#msg-424944