Robert Ellis
Larus marinus
As of 10/15/05, review of Swift 828 and Pentax Papilio, written by a Wayne Mones.
Robert Ellis said:As of 10/15/05, review of Swift 828 and Pentax Papilio, written by a Wayne Mones.
Robert Ellis said:As of 10/15/05, review of Swift 828 and Pentax Papilio, written by a Wayne Mones.
Renze de Vries said:Hi Robert,
Heavens, you're right! Looks like there's a new skipper on BVD's helmet! Now this should be very good news as this famous website hasn't been updated for years.
But! Look what's happening. Wayne Mones is reviewing the Swift Audubons 828 roofs, while Steve Ingraham did this already years ago. Now BVD has two reviews of the 828's on its website!
I don't know what to make of this. Is it just sloppy, doesn't Mr. Mones know? It's very confusing at least.
(I didn't check the Pentax Papilions. Are these new, i.e recently introduced binoculars?).
Renze de Vries
Jaeger01 said:You should read the review before getting too critical. Quote from the first paragraph "In May 2005 I met the company CEO, Allison Swift, in Cape May, New Jersey where I had a chance to briefly audition the latest incarnation of the HHS Audubon 8.5x44 (roof prism)"
I found it very interesting.
Jaeger near Chicago
I would love to see the Nikon LX defend its crown against the newcomers. Maybe that is further down the road.
mcdowella said:<clip>
Mind you, the NEED test figures are harder to produce than they look. Any time I've tried something like this I find that the resolution I see with any single pair of binoculars changes throughout the test - typically things improve for the first ten minutes or so, and then I either get fed up or get eyestrain trying to concentrate for too long at a time. I dare say there's something complicated going on that involves visual memory as well as the optics of the eye, but the end result is that I can't myself give a single figure for a binocular that I have any trust in.
These days perhaps the most objective way for BVD - or another big site - to review binoculars for resolution might be to digibin through them at a standard target, and then blow up the results.
medinabrit said:papilions are new close focus binos from pentax .they are exellent quality & great fun .look them up on the cloudy nights binocular or cloudy days sites
brian
elkcub said:Did you really say "... blow up the results"? :'D
I concur with your observations about the NEED test. Steve, of course, mentions taking several observations and coming up with the same result each time ± small error. When I try it I'm very conscious that I can often see the grid lines if I give it enough observation time, and not if I don't. That raises the interesting question of how one can give all the models the same amount of time (and attention), particularly if one starts out having a preference to begin with. Prior preferences tend to be self-justifying.
Elkcub
John Traynor said:... The ONE thing Steve Ingraham said that convinced me to try the Nikon SE 8X32 was “Still, since the 8x32 Superior Es arrived, I have to force myself to carry anything else. They are the glasses I pick out of the pile of waiting optics 9 out of 10 times out the door.”
John