Re: NF Illuminated
Quoted from snipercentral.com:
The focus knob also contains the on/off switch for the illuminated reticle, which all NXS scopes have. You simply pull the knob out to turn on the illuminated reticle, push it in to turn it off. So how do you make the reticle more or less bright? Well, that is not so easy. You have to remove the top of the focus knob where the battery is located and then remove the battery. At that point you turn a little brightness control screw with a small flat blade screw driver. It is not something easily done while in the field as the brightness setting is a sensitive part. I suspect that the engineers at Nightforce had to weigh their options of another set of controls to control brightness versus its real benefit. I suspect that they came to the conclusion that setting the brightness to an intermediate level will probably cover 95% of the situations, which it probably does. Is it worth the other 5% of the time to add additional complication with another knob and then trying to find a way to integrate it into their existing design that focuses on ease of use in combat. I do not know if it is better, but it does keep the controls simple and easy to use, and I suspect it helps with durability and it probably will be just fine for all normal shooting conditions. It is something different than normal, and perhaps that is not bad.
