A diva with character!

Each company is trying to highlight their products by special characteristics. Porsche employs eg sound designer to the typical deep sound that 6-cylinder to produce.
For Nikon, it is no different, traditionally great importance is placed on sloping eyepiece and lens covers for many years, namely, the more expensive the product, the labiller the accessories.

When cheap Action Series the caps still hold its own, in the middle-class Monarch series, they are already very loose.
The HG 8x42 the connoisseur will immediately notice that He has to do with a pair of binoculars of the highest class, because even in light Titanic skew goodbye the eyepiece and lens caps never come up with when the binoculars from the tight leather bag is removed. This is the Nikon automatic waste and funktionniert absolutely reliable so that no danger of the lens cap to lose: They are always in your pocket!

Apart from these standard features the binoculars with a beautiful leather case is supplied with gold, magnetic closure. The thin leather is very soft, with fine grain, the padding is extremely thin and any gain or Gümmifüße at the bottom are completely absent, because the bag is intended for storage in the air-conditioned glass case and not for outdoor use.

The rest is absolutely boring and can be summed up in one word: perfection.
This begins with the rubber coating. Top smooth, fine grained down. The material is in consistency very close to "rubber", so very different from the more towards "Kunsstoff" oriented reinforcement of cheap binoculars. It fills therefore very slippery at such an optimum tire compound for the road.
It continues with the extendable eyecups with 3 locks. Leichhardt accessible and but finds no match in the drive, only minimal in the end position: No other binoculars can do better.
The diopter adjustment is also exemplary. I can, for example, with the Nikon Pro Ocean or the Eschenbach Trophy without glasses not handle because of the adjustment to be scarce. When HG 8x42 is not a problem as reserve is even there. The ring of this is also perfectly matched rubberized and good tack, driving in and out clearly suggests the setting with a soft click, the quality precision mechanics.
The same applies to the generous dimensionniertes Fokusierrad. Also gummed with ribs, very handy, very right (exactly one revolution for the entire range) but very precise. It runs easily, evenly, without springing back, only with very, very soft fat-sucking at the end of the track (at 20 degrees Celsius). As a Zeiss Victory does not come with.
The middle bridge Axe for the viewing distance runs perfectly and silently.

The appearance is the mechanism par. Huge lenses eyepiece, objective lenses with such high remuneration that almost nothing is reflected. I've seen a lot of remuneration, but this hardly reflects the clear window at the bright sunshine. It is purple in tone and shining dark green, very impressive oppressive!
Crystal clear, crisp sharp image a la Swarovski, up to the edge, barely distortions. Only in fog and backlight, under the most difficult conditions it is scarce. There may occasionally side shade in finding the optimum viewing distance. Beautiful, pleasant depth of field, high contrast, bright colors. Slight chromatic aberration at the edge, light transmission LT. Test 92.2%, FOV lt. Test 63 degrees.
Very confortable viewing posture thanks to generous adjustment range of eyecups.
In the world ranking in its category binoculars occupied lt. Allbinos place. 4

Conclusion:
Tip Binoculars, beautiful bag, covers in the best Nikon tradition.
With 799 gr more comfortable to wear on the digital scale for performance. Strap 30 mm wide, upholstered, just enough that way.
The price is reasonable for the optical and mechanical quality.
1 star deduction for the lens and eyepiece caps and the meager strap.