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Kite optics? (1 Viewer)
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normjackson
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I don't think there's any direct correlation in the UK at any rate : a lot of those models seem very similar in shape and spec to certain models with different brand names here : Bausch and Lomb/Bushnell, RSPB, Celestron, Viking, Opticron etc etc. I guess the way it works is that a company selects a portfolio of models from a handful of Chinese and Japanese factories (with a certain amount of input of their own) and hopefully offers them at a reasonable price with good support. The models I think I recognise are quite well regarded :
http://www.kiteoptics.com/products.php?la=en&subbase=1
http://www.kiteoptics.com/products.php?la=en&subbase=1
Tero
Retired
Oh for cute, the Puffin 8x32
http://www.kiteoptics.com/products.php?la=en&subbase=1&subsubbase=6
I would look at that, but only in person, no mail order.
http://www.kiteoptics.com/products.php?la=en&subbase=1&subsubbase=6
I would look at that, but only in person, no mail order.
scooby said:
I have today received an example of Kite 8x42 Birdwatcher which by the swedish dealer is stated to have won an english test for binoculars below 3000 SEK (about 230 GBP). It's in my opinion not a bad binocular, but have it's disadvantages. Maybe I cannot expect more of a budget binocular? I will try the Kite Birdwatcher 8x42 in daylight before decising if I want to keep it.
Excuse my faulty english...
Patric
Need some translation here
{{{{De Kite Forster behoort tot de nieuwe generatie volledig waterdichte dakkantverrekijkers, uitermate helder en scherp beeld tot aan de beeldrand.
De Forster kan omschreven worden als de grote broer van de Pallas. Enkele belangrijke technische innovaties zijn de dakkantprisma’s met fasecorrectie-coating en SHR(Super High Reflection)-coating, de asferische oculairlenzen en de rubberen draai-oogschelpen die de brildrager een optimaal comfort geven.
Dit is een kijker die al verscheidene keren uitblonk in test- en vergelijkingsrapporten door enerzijds zijn kwaliteit en anderzijds zijn knap design.}}}}
Are they saying this binocular has Super High Reflection coating, which is a feature I am not cool about... Oh, it means opposite..
http://www.kiteoptics.com/products.php?la=nl&subbase=1&subsubbase=8
{{{{De Kite Forster behoort tot de nieuwe generatie volledig waterdichte dakkantverrekijkers, uitermate helder en scherp beeld tot aan de beeldrand.
De Forster kan omschreven worden als de grote broer van de Pallas. Enkele belangrijke technische innovaties zijn de dakkantprisma’s met fasecorrectie-coating en SHR(Super High Reflection)-coating, de asferische oculairlenzen en de rubberen draai-oogschelpen die de brildrager een optimaal comfort geven.
Dit is een kijker die al verscheidene keren uitblonk in test- en vergelijkingsrapporten door enerzijds zijn kwaliteit en anderzijds zijn knap design.}}}}
Are they saying this binocular has Super High Reflection coating, which is a feature I am not cool about... Oh, it means opposite..
http://www.kiteoptics.com/products.php?la=nl&subbase=1&subsubbase=8
