NORTH CHESTERFIELD, VA., August 22, 2016 – Carl Zeiss Sports Optics, the world's leading manufacturer of high performance sports optics, is pleased to announce the new ZEISS Victory SF binoculars with new product features, available in 8x42 and 10x42.
Thanks to ongoing development of the focusing system, the user will benefit from even more precise and smoother handling in the future. In addition, an extra click stop has been integrated into the rotating eyecup. The user now has a total of four click stop positions to choose from. Another new feature is the Victory SF is now available with new black armoring.
"We are raising the term SmartFocus to a totally new dimension that is unparalleled in the world of binoculars," says Dr. Gerold Dobler, Head of Product Management at Carl Zeiss Sports Optics GmbH. "The ZEISS Victory SF continues to feature the unique ErgoBalanceConcept that makes viewing over long periods particularly easy, ergonomic and fatigue-free. To ensure that the user's arm muscles are subjected to minimum strain, the center of gravity has been shifted toward the eyepiece. The low overall weight of the instrument also plays a major role here," Dobler explains.
The most common area or sweet spot of the focus wheel is located 1.8 revolutions from the minimum focusing distance to infinity to the minimum focusing distance of one-and-a-half meters. This makes for an ideal combination of fast and convenient focusing. "The ZEISS Victory SF continues to offer unparalleled image quality with high transmission of 92 percent and an extremely large field of view of 360 ft. yards at 10x, and 444 ft. at 8x magnification," says Dobler. As in the past, the binoculars are manufactured at the Wetzlar production site, all "Made in Germany."
The ZEISS Victory SF 8x42 offers the best of both worlds, a quick overview of any situation and rapid image acquisition. The 8x magnification offers the user an extremely large field of view and permits steady observation with outstanding depth of field, even under adverse light conditions. The ZEISS Victory SF 10x42 enables comfortable, long-range viewing into the twilight. With the adapted ergonomic design the user can use the 10x magnification easily and comfortably.
Experience the sheer brilliance of the new ZEISS Victory SF, backed by an industry-leading limited lifetime transferable warranty and a 5 year No Fault policy. For more information on the new Victory SF binocular and all ZEISS award winning products, please visit us at www.zeiss.com/us/sports-optics or join us at facebook.com/CarlZeissHuntingUS.
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About ZEISS
ZEISS is an international technology group in the fields of optics and optoelectronics. The ZEISS Group develops and distributes semiconductor manufacturing equipment, measuring technology, microscopes, medical technology, eyeglass lenses, camera and cine lenses, binoculars and planetarium technology. With its solutions, the company constantly advances the world of optics and helps shape technological progress. ZEISS is divided up into the four segments Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, Research & Quality Technology, Medical Technology, and Vision Care/ Consumer Optics. ZEISS is represented in over 40 countries and operates more than 30 production sites, over 50 sales and service locations and about 25 research and development facilities.
In fiscal year 2014/15 the company generated revenue approximating €4.5 billion with around 25,000 employees. Founded in 1846 in Jena, the company is headquartered in Oberkochen, Germany. Carl Zeiss AG is the strategic management holding company that manages the ZEISS Group. The company is wholly owned by the Carl Zeiss Stiftung (Carl Zeiss Foundation).
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Consumer Optics
The Consumer Optics business group combines the company's business with camera and movie lenses, binoculars, spotting scopes, hunting optics and planetarium technology. It is represented at the Oberkochen, Wetzlar and Jena sites. The business group is allocated to the Vision Care/Consumer Optics segment. In fiscal year 2014/15 the segment generated revenue of €1.007 billion with around 9,100 employees.
