Hunted with
@ntrlbrnhunter for a week plus earlier this month. had multiple opps for side-by-side comparison of his 10X NL against my 8x EL Range. We traded several times. Our conclusions:
1) NL has same FOV at 10x as my 8x
2) NL was perceptibly clearer, probably in the unscientific range of 10%
3) He showed me more deer than I showed him, along the range of ~30%. He was on a window mount or tripod while I was handheld, and his eyes are 17 years my junior, but definitely didn’t spot more deer through the ELs is a sure bet.
4) Light transmission (I can’t remember! He’ll have to chime in then I’ll edit this post).
Take home for me is that NL is a clear step up from EL, except in steadiness when handheld, but for now...I’ll keep running my ELs as I don’t want the hassle of a separate rangefinder.
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