Is 8 mm eye relief a problem?

I posted a question about the Orion Little Giant binocs and one of the
responses indicated something I hadn't noticed in the ad...the eye
relief is 8 mm. Is this a problem? I don't wear glasses. Does that short
eye relief mean I'd have to have my eye sockets buried into the eye
cups? thanks for answers...it's a big expenditure for me and I don't
want to buy a hassle.

TOM CREAN IS APPARENTLY NOTHING WITHOUT DWYANE WADE

You could ask the users of the Bino-net

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bino-net


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"ROM SPACE KNIGHT NURSE" wrote in message
...
I posted a question about the Orion Little Giant binocs and one of the
responses indicated something I hadn't noticed in the ad...the eye
relief is 8 mm. Is this a problem? I don't wear glasses. Does that short
eye relief mean I'd have to have my eye sockets buried into the eye
cups? thanks for answers...it's a big expenditure for me and I don't
want to buy a hassle.

TOM CREAN IS APPARENTLY NOTHING WITHOUT DWYANE WADE

ROM SPACE KNIGHT NURSE wrote:
I posted a question about the Orion Little Giant binocs and one of
the
responses indicated something I hadn't noticed in the ad...the eye
relief is 8 mm. Is this a problem? I don't wear glasses. Does that
short
eye relief mean I'd have to have my eye sockets buried into the eye
cups?


It's another personal preference.
I don't wear glasses either, but still prefer a longer eye-relief.
Taking-in the entire FOV with insufficient ER can be uncomfortable on
the eye sockets. Another consideration is the additional ER needed with
the eyeguards extended. Longer ER also helps avoid contact between
their eyelashes and the eyepieces which can smear the lenses with
residual oils/dirt.

ROM SPACE KNIGHT NURSE wrote:
I don't wear glasses. Does that
short
eye relief mean I'd have to have my eye sockets buried into the eye
cups?


It's another personal preference.
I don't wear glasses either, but still prefer a longer eye-relief.
Taking-in the entire FOV with insufficient ER can be uncomfortable on
the eye sockets. Another consideration is the additional ER needed
with
the eyeguards extended. Longer ER also helps avoid contact between
one's eyelashes and the eyepieces which can smear the lenses with
residual oils/dirt.


It should be added that there is such a thing as 'extraneous'
eye-relief.
While eyeglass wearers are very content with 20mm of ER (15-18mms being
a tolerable minimum), those without glasses may experience a field
'blackout' when their eye placement is too close (extending the
eyeguards will usually compensate for this).
Generous eye-relief, however, is certainly better than not having
enough.