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    WJC replied to the thread 8x32 advice?.
    Tell me about it. I have been angering people for half a century and will gladly continue to do so. There are several on this forum who...
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    WJC replied to the thread 19 years a member, trying to get in!.
    Thanks, I got in. Bill
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    WJC replied to the thread Best marine binoculars?.
    Yes, Jan. A diamond saw can work wonders!
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    WJC replied to the thread 8x32 advice?.
    I have never seen a Nikon 8x32 SE with a "fatal fungal incursion." However, Cory Suddarth—S.R.O.—can solve your problem. After which...
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    I don't want to register for an account ... I HAD ONE FOR 19 YEARS!
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    WJC replied to the thread Ocular Lens Size.
    Mark Twain asked his publisher, William Dean Howells, why there was so much garbage in print, his response: "Because paper never shuns...
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    WJC reacted to Swedpat's post in the thread Ocular Lens Size with Like Like.
    A question: I have read it before but have forgot to ask: what does "eye box" mean?
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    WJC reacted to Binastro's post in the thread Nitschke Genira, Rathenow 6x30 binos with Like Like.
    Emil Busch Rathenow was the largest optical company in Rathenow. Formed in 1801 but making microscopes from 1790 by one of the founders...
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    WJC replied to the thread Usable Eye Relief (spartan method).
    Are you wanting to measure EYE RELIEF or the width of the exit pupil? Your photo makes it appear to be the latter.
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    WJC replied to the thread Best marine binoculars?.
    "Optically correct" probably means "collimated." As for curved field, please note my sales tool from Captain's Nautical.
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    WJC replied to the thread Best marine binoculars?.
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    WJC reacted to Binastro's post in the thread Steiner Hunting 10x50 with Like Like.
    I am talking of hand held binoculars costing £15,000 plus. Hand made. Perfection is an idea, a concept of the mind. Perfection does...
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    WJC replied to the thread Steiner Hunting 10x50.
    There is so very much more than GLASS going on here! But, some people don't know and some people don't care. A few years ago, I...
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    WJC replied to the thread Steiner Hunting 10x50.
    Nor will it EVER be!
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    WJC reacted to Foss's post in the thread Old porro 7x50 with Like Like.
    Sad to hear you lost your father. Pretty sure the binoculars are 60s-70s Japanese, with greater sentimental value than monetary.
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