orbitaljump
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All Im showing is a 7x35 Neptune Mark II.
All Im showing is a 7x35 Neptune Mark II.
Nice to be back, here is a classic early Swift for you!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/binoculars/3990000691/in/set-72157613812824211/
Ed, guess what I've just bought? It's compact and bijou, perfectly formed, is a clone of a rubber armoured Zeiss 8x30BGA (even to identical body ribbing) except it's a 7x35, an fov of 428ft at 1000yds, it's a J-B 35, has the unusual (for a Swift) serial no. Z201362, has a gold spot, is a roof prism model, yet has the name of a famous ornithologist, with a genuine Swift velvet-lined black soft leather case, all in mint condition, made in Japan. It looks like a smaller version of my Zeiss 10x40 BGAT*; even the zip cases are similar. I wonder where Swift got the idea from! So, it's an ..........?
Swift went off in a couple of strange roof prism directions in search of a worthy Audubon before settling on the Model 828 8.5x44 HHS in 2000