[dmrmh]

Has anyone seen a pair of swarovski 30 power binoculars?They look like a box.I cant find any info on them,how old,viewing quality?

Great site,thank you

[brocknroller]

Originally Posted by dmrmh

Has anyone seen a pair of swarovski 30 power binoculars?They look like a box.I cant find any info on them,how old,viewing quality?

Great site,thank you

Haven't seen the Swaros, but there's a 30x80 Doctor Aspectem for sale on Astro Mart (these are currently made):

http://www.astromart.com/classifieds...fied_id=763344

Brock

[ceasar]

Could you describe them in more detail? It might help. What color are they? What markings are on them? What is their Serial Number? Are they porros or roofs?

Welcome to Bird Forum!

Bob

[dmrmh]

It took awhile but found some info.Here is what they look like.

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=166372

[henry link]

I never saw one of these, but I can give you a little more information from a 1991 Swarovski catalogue and price list.

30x75 Twin Telescope
FOV - 102 ft/1000yds
Shortest focusing distance - 16.4 yds
Waterproof to 4.35 lb/sq.in (same as all other waterproof binoculars in the catalogue)
Weight - 9.26 lb

Finder scope - 1.5x14, fov - 438 ft/1000yds

Suggested Retail Price, Jan 1991- $2,450 scope only
$2,895 scope, tripod, carrying case, rain cover

[henry link]

The page below comes from an earlier catalogue, about 1986. At that time there were two Twin Telescopes, a 23x75 and a 30x75. I hadn't noticed before now that the body was lengthened sometime between 1986 and 1991. Specs for FOV and close focus were changed and presumably the objective focal length was increased. I don't know exactly when the 30x75 was discontinued, but it no longer appears in a 1999 catalogue.

BTW, the penciled in numbers above the specs in the photo are the prices charged by the dealer who sent me the catalogue. Those were very low, most dealers would have priced these things at closer to $2000.

[dmrmh]

Originally Posted by henry link

The page below comes from an earlier catalogue, about 1986. At that time there were two Twin Telescopes, a 23x75 and a 30x75. I hadn't noticed before now that the body was lengthened sometime between 1986 and 1991. Specs for FOV and close focus were changed and presumably the objective focal length was increased. I don't know exactly when the 30x75 was discontinued, but it no longer appears in a 1999 catalogue.

BTW, the penciled in numbers above the specs in the photo are the prices charged by the dealer who sent me the catalogue. Those were very low, most dealers would have priced these things at closer to $2000.

Thanks for the info,that will help if I decide to buy them.I am leaning away from them because of the quality of optics from reading other posts.I did look thru them a few years back and wasn't overly impressed, that I remember.I will take a good look at them this week,I have 15x swaros,so the standard are set high.

[henry link]

I wouldn't expect really good image quality. The Swarovski scopes of the time used plain vanilla achromats, so I imagine these do too.

[Giorgio]

That looks like the 80's style so much, i like this.
Makes me think of the first home computers.