Meopta MeoSport 8×25

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Specifications:

Objective diameter:  25 mm
Magnification:  8 x
Exit pupil: 3.13 mm
Usable eye relief (measured from rim of eyecup): 12.5 mm
IPD: 54  – 73 mm
RFOV:  6.3  degrees = 110m
AFOV (measured, rounded): 42 degrees
Minimum focus distance (measured): 1.4 m
Focus type:  CF (direction of rotation from close to infinity: < anticlockwise)
Degrees of rotation of focus wheel from 3 m to infinity (measured): 110 degrees
Range of diopter adjustment (acc. to spec.): +/- 3 dpt
Extra travel of focus wheel beyond infinity: more than 8 dpt
Prism system:  Schmidt-Pechan
Waterproof: yes
Weight (measured, with eyepiece cover and strap): 430 g
Made in: Czech Republic

 

Remarks:

The MeoSport is one of the most robust pocket binoculars around. Pocket binoculars (those small instruments mostly with configurations between 8×20 and 10×25) come in two types, with a double hinge or with a single hinge, and while those with double hinge can usually be folded to fit a trouser or jacket pocket, the ones with one single hinge are slightly less compact, but generally a bit more robust and not as prone to suffer de-alignment. The MeoSport is of the second, single hinge type; it’s advantages are, as mentioned, its sturdiness and its relatively modest price tag, while it is optically not superb and its performance is satisfactory at best.

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