New Celestron porros (1 Viewer)

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David Swain

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• Jan 15, 2010

• #21

Celestron is now taking pre-orders for the 8x30 Nature porro for February delivery. The pre-order price: $74.95. Call me tempted.

http://www.celestron.com/c3/product.php?CatID=78&ProdID=600

 

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ceasar

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• Jan 15, 2010

• #22

I wonder how it will compare with the Yosemite 8 x 30?
Bob

 

Kevin Purcell

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• Jan 15, 2010

• #23

ceasar said:

I wonder how it will compare with the Yosemite 8 x 30?
Bob

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The big question

I think if it was as good as the Yosemite 8x30 with wider field and more ER for $75 I'd be happy.

Not to forget the No-Fault Warranty too

 

Last edited: Jan 15, 2010

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spitfiretriple

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• May 12, 2010

• #24

Kevin
I seem to remember you and I being of the same mind on these calcs in the past. And I agree, sometimes people at the binocular companies misunderstand the relationship between metric and imperial FoVs.

But as for..

Kevin Purcell said:

When you do that conversion for 8.2° field you get 131.06 meters at 1000 yards (which is correct but not actually very useful as it mixes units) the better figure is the correct 144.102202 meters at 1000 meters as a metric person would expect.

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Shame on you!
You quote an angular FoV to 2 significant figures, then use it in an argument about 5 significant figures. Then, to cap that, you quote something else to 9 significant figures! I don't know, give you an inch and you'd take 1,609 meters...

 

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BinoBoy

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• May 12, 2010

• #25

They're on sale

Optics Planet has them for $62.95 with free shipping:

http://www.opticsplanet.net/celestron-nature-8x30-porro-binocular.html

celestron.com has them for the same price, but I didn't go far enough into the checkout process to find out how much shipping would be.

At $63 these are really tempting.

Edit: Never mind. I just noticed another thread which points out that Adorama has them even cheaper at $50 with $6 shipping.

 

Last edited: May 12, 2010