New Spotting Scopes Minox (1 Viewer)

binomania · Jan 16, 2015

Hi to all, i've published a short preview on Binomania.
Best Regards
Piergiovanni

http://www.binomania.it/anteprima-nuovi-spotting-scopes-minox-md-60-z-e-md-80-z/

etudiant · Jan 16, 2015

Thank you, Piergiovanni, for your ongoing work keeping us current.

The new Minox seems a pretty nice package, waterproof and compact.
It is surprisingly heavy, well over 3 pounds for a 60mm scope, but of course that includes the zoom eyepiece. If it measures up optically, it may be a worthy successor to the now discontinued Nikon ED50.
I look forward to your upcoming review, because not only are they always illuminating, they really help firm up the purchase decision.

mayoayo · Jan 18, 2015

Sure!

etudiant said:
Thank you, Piergiovanni, for your ongoing work keeping us current.

The new Minox seems a pretty nice package, waterproof and compact.
It is surprisingly heavy, well over 3 pounds for a 60mm scope, but of course that includes the zoom eyepiece. If it measures up optically, it may be a worthy successor to the now discontinued Nikon ED50.
I look forward to your upcoming review, because not only are they always illuminating, they really help firm up the purchase decision.

And what in heaven does have in common a 1.65 kg ,mirror ,leupold style ,60 mm ,fixed zoom scope with the nikon ED50???

etudiant · Jan 19, 2015

mayoayo said:
And what in heaven does have in common a 1.65 kg ,mirror ,leupold style ,60 mm ,fixed zoom scope with the nikon ED50???

The new Minox seems a somewhat more capable scope that like the ED50 is still compact enough to use hand held or with a monopod.

qotsarock · Jan 24, 2015

I'll be interested in how much these retail for.

Vespobuteo · Jan 24, 2015

etudiant said:
Thank you, Piergiovanni, for your ongoing work keeping us current.

The new Minox seems a pretty nice package, waterproof and compact.
It is surprisingly heavy, well over 3 pounds for a 60mm scope, but of course that includes the zoom eyepiece. If it measures up optically, it may be a worthy successor to the now discontinued Nikon ED50.

Nikon ED50 discontinued? I doubt it.

Or did you mean the Minox MD50?
o

etudiant · Jan 24, 2015

Vespobuteo said:
Nikon ED50 discontinued? I doubt it.

Or did you mean the Minox MD50?
o

In the US, the ED50 is still offered, but only with the 13-30x zoom.
B&H expects more 16x eye pieces 'soon' and Amazon offers some 27x units from Japan. Does not sound like an active business.
More broadly, the rest of the Fieldscope line has been discontinued.

Nikon has a habit of dragging out funerals, as seen with the SE series for example, so I believe the ED50 is similarly discontinued but not yet dead.

Vespobuteo · Jan 25, 2015

etudiant said:
In the US, the ED50 is still offered, but only with the 13-30x zoom.
B&H expects more 16x eye pieces 'soon' and Amazon offers some 27x units from Japan. Does not sound like an active business.
More broadly, the rest of the Fieldscope line has been discontinued.

Nikon has a habit of dragging out funerals, as seen with the SE series for example, so I believe the ED50 is similarly discontinued but not yet dead.

maybe, think the ED50 was released back in 2007, so the product cycle may be ending soon, but it must have been a best seller.

The failed release of the "monarch fieldscopes" was a very strange incident,
does not seem as the spotting scope line is important to nikon anymore,
EDG-scopes does not sell here anymore, though they exist theoretically.
maybe Nikon is ending their presence in this area,
due to financial problems and restructuring I guess.

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