I've now had a chance to play around some with the Razor Gen III 1-10x24.
What I don't like:
- Eye relief/eye box. At 1x it is fine and stays pretty forgiving up to about 5x or 6x. At the higher end it does get a little tight and touchy with regard to cheek weld and head placement. An issue overcome with practice? Probably.
- Focus. Setting the image so it is crystal clear at 1x seemed to result in a slightly blurry image at 10x. Conversely setting the focus at 10x resulted in a blurry image at 1x. I assume most of this is based on no parallax adjustment and needing to figure out what distance (100 meters?) is best for an overall focus.
Is the Razor worth the purchase over something like the NX8 1-8? Hard to say but probably not. I'd say the difference in size and weight (and slightly lower cost) probably makes the NX8 the better product. And I think a person can pretty easily make the case that the difference between 8x and 9x or 10x becomes mostly academic.