Zeiss Conquest 8×50 T*

Specifications:

Objective diameter:  50 mm
Magnification:  8 x
Exit pupil: 6.25 mm
Eye relief (acc. to spec):  16 mm
Usable eye relief (measured from rim of eyecup): 12.5 mm
IPD: 54  – 74 mm
RFOV:  6.3  degrees = 110 m
AFOV (measured, rounded): 50.5 degrees
Minimum focus distance (measured): 3.45 m
Focus type: CF (direction of rotation from close to infinity: > clockwise)
Degrees of rotation of focus wheel from 3.45 m to infinity (measured): 530 degrees
Range of diopter adjustment (estimate): +/- 3.5 dpt*
Excess travel of focus wheel beyond infinity position (estimate): 6 dpt*
Prism system:  Abbe-König
Waterproof: yes
Weight (measured, with eyepiece cover and strap): 985 g
Made in: Hungary
*range of diopter adjustment not affected by position of focus wheel

 
Remarks:

When Zeiss in 2012 introduced its new Conquest “HD” line of binoculars (and, by the way, the then brand new Victory HT), the previous “Conquest T*” series which consisted of 10 different models (8×30, 10×30, 8×40, 10×40, 12×45, 15×45, 8×50, 10×50, 8×56, 10×56) was phased out after a short period of “overlap” with the new HD models. In earlier times, binoculars in size 8×50 tended to have porro prisms (e.g., see separate posts “Carl Zeiss Jena Nobilem Super 8×50”, https://binocular.ch/carl-zeiss-jena-nobilem-super-8×50/  and “Carl Zeiss Jena Octarem 8×50”, https://binocular.ch/carl-zeiss-jena-octarem-8×50/), later on, roof prisms became the norm, as in this Zeiss Conquest T* 8×50, which features Abbe-König prisms (almost all other 8×50 glasses feature Schmidt-Pechan prisms, e.g. the “Leica Ultravid 8×50 HD+”, see separate post https://binocular.ch/leica-ultravid-8×50-hd-plus/). The Conquest T is very lightweight for its size, thanks to a body made of polycarbonate (instead of metal, like the Conquest HD), and provides an overall good optical and mechanical performance; in the 8×50, the field of view is slightly narrower than in other roof prism models (and much narrower than in the “old times” with Nobilems and Octarems).