Originally Posted by TDog93
My $500 pair of Zeiss binos work well late - my meopta and conquest work equally well late also - but I go to the binos a lot because it is easier late. Here is the kicker - the Leupold I just bought was lagging way behind the $500 pair of binos late. The conquest and Meopta don’t lag behind my binos


Good binos will always be brighter than a comparable level scope if the objective lens are the same size. Also, if you are doing a brightness comparison between scopes, you need to make sure that you have the power settings the same when comparing. Later it gets the lower the power level you go to in order to enhance light. Example, if you are comparing a 12 power 56MM ziess with the VX6 HD cranked up to 18 power at last light, the ziess will definitely appear brighter and clearer due to the max magnification being lower on the Zeiss. Try comparing the two scopes on the same power and I'll bet that the difference will be negligible between the two.