stereotruckdriver
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I resolve to only buy one binocular this year!!!??? Hmmm, maybe Zeiss Conquest 8x32 or HT's 8x32 if they come to market??? Will see??? Bryce...
I resolve to buy no more than 12 new binoculars this year. Only 1 per month. This month will be the Docter 8x21 7.5 degree WA compact. Look for a review comparing it to the Leica 8x20 Leica Trinovid. I am going to start a "Binocular of the Month Test" where I will test the binocular I purchased that month compared to what I have. It is going to be exciting.I resolve to only buy one binocular this year!!!??? Hmmm, maybe Zeiss Conquest 8x32 or HT's 8x32 if they come to market??? Will see??? Bryce...
I resolve to only buy one binocular this year!!!??? Hmmm, maybe Zeiss Conquest 8x32 or HT's 8x32 if they come to market??? Will see??? Bryce...
I resolve to only buy one binocular this year!!!??? Hmmm, maybe Zeiss Conquest 8x32 or HT's 8x32 if they come to market??? Will see??? Bryce...
2012 has been a bin-fest for me too.
My Zeiss FL 8x42 has been joined by an FL 8x32 a Victory 8x20 Compact and, most infamously (since so many folks are sadly still waiting for theirs) an HT 8x42.
Never mentioned on this site has been the replacement of my 8x12 Zeiss Mono as it got fed up of being laid on, sat on and stood on and broke in two after 15 years of abuse.
This year will see no optics additions as finances are being stretched to accomodate 3 weeks in France and 3 on North Uist in the Scottish Western Isles.
I hope everyone gets their optics 'wish' in the New Year and wish all contributors to BF, without exception, a happy and healthy one.
Lee
You just got an alpha on Dec. 31 (7x42 FL), and you are already thinking about buying your next one?! You're the sports optics equivalent of a chain smoker. :smoke:
I think it's time to call Binocoholics Anonymous. I think there's a chapter in Eugene.
"Will see" is one of those homophone gaffs like I made with elude/allude, but "will," as in "will power," is appropriate for making resolutions!
Now it wouldn't be so bad if you had a "sell a bin to buy a bin" policy but from what I gather, you have never sold a bin in your life and have a collection that rivals Simon's in number, but with much newer and more expensive bins.
I think you should first resolve to build a bigger closet to house your ever growing collection. Sir Brock, you have me mistaken for another! My two latest are an 8x30 SLC neu and Frank D's beloved 7x50 Vixens! And truth be told I sold just about every binocular I had a couple years ago to off set my two brain surgeries! Currently own 3 Swaro's 8x32, 8x30, 7x42, 1 8x32 se, 3 vintage Pentax porro's a 15x70 porro! One Swarovski 65mm HD and a Vortex Viper 65mm HD in route! At one time I did have a very large collection but, those days are long gone! Bryce...
You just got an alpha on Dec. 31 (7x42 FL), and you are already thinking about buying your next one?! You're the sports optics equivalent of a chain smoker. :smoke:
I think it's time to call Binocoholics Anonymous. I think there's a chapter in Eugene.
"Will see" is one of those homophone gaffs like I made with elude/allude, but "will," as in "will power," is appropriate for making resolutions!
Now it wouldn't be so bad if you had a "sell a bin to buy a bin" policy but from what I gather, you have never sold a bin in your life and have a collection that rivals Simon's in number, but with much newer and more expensive bins.
I think you should first resolve to build a bigger closet to house your ever growing collection.
Sir Brock, you have me mistaken for another! My two latest are an 8x30 SLC neu and Frank D's beloved 7x50 Vixens! And truth be told I sold just about every binocular I had a couple years ago to off set my two brain surgeries! Currently own 3 Swaro's 8x32, 8x30, 7x42, 1 8x32 se, 3 vintage Pentax porro's a 15x70 porro! One Swarovski 65mm HD and a Vortex Viper 65mm HD in route! At one time I did have a very large collection but, those days are long gone! Bryce...
Yes, I remember that you said you sold mos of them to pay for medical expenses, but I didn't realize or remember you had two brain salad surgeries! My gawd, man, are you okay now? Out of the woods? I hope so! That must have been awful. I had a shoulder joint replacement, and I had to make a similar sacrifice of optics (scopes and bins) to pay for what was not covered by insurance and to pay my bills during my long rehab while I was out of work. I even lost my job because of being out of work for so long, and I was making $20/hr plus benefits. That hurt worse than the surgery, and what they did was probably illegal since I had a 5-year contract and still had over a year left, but I couldn't afford to sue the company since all the pig's feet jars were empty by he time I was able to resume work.
Anyway, it's sounds like you need to make another resolution for spotting scopes.
Enjoy! And keep on truckin'
Brock
May purchase an Opticron HR WP10x42 this month, going to try them again up at Cley Spy, in this humble Birders opinion nothing else I`v tried looks as "clean", (at any price !!).