How To Correctly Adjust A Binocular Diopter 

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Works for me 😊

Glad it was helpful! cheers

You are so welcome!

Glad it was helpful!

Glad it was helpful Alexander, my pleasure :)

@@PeterKotsa I just tried it...much better 🔭

My pleasure Erik cheers

Hi Derek, that's correct

Cheers, thanks for the feedback

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Thanks mate

welcome

This one was the Zeiss 8x42 FL...nice unit 👍

Thanks! I've got the Swarovski SLC 8x42 HD modell (manufactured btw 2010-2013). Would like to try the AK prisms.

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coming right up..LOL

Carl Zeiss 8x42 Victory

As soon as you pull the centre adjuster out to the first position, it dis-engages one side of the focussing mechanism Then it re-engages when pushed in 👍 cheers

Nice binocular..👍

@@PeterKotsa Just arrived in Aus through Winchester, were supposed be here in April, but worth the wait👍

@@nedshead5906 very sharp glass and super clear..well done 👍

Same thing 👍

same method... close one eye focus etc adjust and away you go

Usually I like to adjust at standard viewing distances If I spend heaps of time looking at things around the 50m mark, then that’s where I adjust it for optimal viewing 👍

If it looks doubled, it means that your binocular is out of collimation Needs a service to get the optics lined up cheers

Yes, you just lower the eyecups to suit that position. I have some friends who wear glasses and they don't wear them during binocular use, they just simply adjust the diopter to suit their prescription and away you go..either way works ..cheers Peter

It's up to you. If you do then simply adjust the dipper to suit your eyes discrepancy. If not, then place the eye cups to their lowest position to cater for the glasses. I ahem friends with glasses that use them with and without their glasses. they seem to enjoy the view better without the glasses on.cheers

Absolutely. Glasses are required because our eyes differ in strength sometimes and we get them corrected at the optometrist with the right eyeglass prescription. When using binoculars, you have the ability to balance the left eye in conjunction to the right eye and thus personalise the binocular to your eye compensation as needed. Hope that helps, cheers

@@PeterKotsa Correct, except for astigmatism. If you have astigmatism you have to use your existing corrective lenses with the binoculars. If you wear contact lenses, no problem. If you wears eyeglasses, you have to put the eyecups all the way in and you are going to want to find a binocular with long eye relief.

@@PeterKotsa I know this thread is 3 years old but your answer to Russel Martin's question is extremely confusing. He asked you two different questions in regards to your method used in this video. You answered one of them but didn't specify which you were referring to. You start off your answer by saying, Absolutely. Was that to answer his first question which was: should we ignore your instructions in the video to pull out the eyecups during an adjustment if we are eyeglass wearers? Or were you answering his second question which was, should we follow your instructions in the video to the letter, by pulling out the eyecups fully, regardless of whether or not we wear eyeglasses and for us not to wear our glasses at all when using binoculars? Your answer doesn't seem to address his specific questions and instead you go on to speak about the benefits of how binoculars can adjust to balance both eyes and that glasses are important for people with poor vision.

@@BaritoneUkeBeast4Life Personally I would adjust the binocular as stated in the video (with the eye glasses OFF) Then put my glasses on and use the binoculars with the eye cups all the way in to offer the correct fov as needed. If that doesnt work (because of extreme astigmatism) then potentially try the same method in the video, however with the glasses ON...see if that works. At the end of the day it is a little bit of trial and error involved with differing eyes and eyeglass wearers Hope that helps cheers

@@PeterKotsa Yes, thank you, that explantation was crystal clear and much appreciated. I will try that method before I start my next skygazing session. I bought my first pair of binoculars a few days ago, the Nikon Action Ex 10x50 and I am excited to start my journey into amatuer astronomy.

Hi Anne Marie Did you watch the video properly? On the binocular I used, the diopter adjustment is incorporated int he focus wheel. As soon as you pull out the focus wheel on click, it engages the diopter at the same time disengaging the dual barrel focussing system cheers