brocknroller
porromaniac
Bob,
I seriously doubt if Nikon will come out with a 50mm EDG, though a 50mm line would have been more welcome than merely tweaking the ergonomics of the 8x32 and three full sized EDGs.
However, looking at the difference between Swaro and Nikon business models, it's not hard to see why that's not likely to happen.
Swaro has only three bin product lines - EL, SLC, and Habichts (I would hazard a guess that the EL and SLC outsell the Habicht porros by a considerable margin). So Swaro is more like a 2 1/2 "trick pony".
Nikon's business model is a wide range, varied price point approach.
Nikon's "EL" is the EDG, it's "SLC" is the Premier, or at least it was before Swaro redesigned the SLC as the SLC-HD and brought it up in price and features to the top tier, hence my call for a much needed upgrade to the CA-prone Premier.
Instead, they redesigned the EDG to look like the SLC-HD, or was it the other way around, or a "co-evolution"? (only the corporate spies know for sure
Nikon's "Habicht's" are the SE series, which includes a 50mm model.
Swaro has no roofs at the mid-price level such as the Nikon Monarch, Monarch III, and Monarch X series, which includes 45mm and 56mm models, nor does Swaro offer affordable-priced porros like the EX series, which includes 50mm models or entry level roofs such as Trailblazer and Prostaff 7, entry level porros (regular Action), or reverse porro compacts or marine binoculars or an IS bin.
And let's not forget the "ecobins" and the first bin designed especially for "SHE".
Did I miss anything, it's hard to keep track!
With all that cost in design and production at the various price points in both porros and roofs, I'm even surprised that Nikon redesigned the EDG, let alone would think of adding a 50mm to their EDG line up, however nice that might be.
Nikon fans have a choice of 45mm, 50mm, and 56mm bins from the Monarch series, Trailblazer, the EX Action and Action series, and the SE series.
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