This is a nice thing with the Internet. No matter how rare things happen to you, it has very probably happened to someone else as well and now it is possible to find them easily. But no Steve, I am not an optics expert - I just have been unlucky enough to use 2 zoom and 2 fixed eyepieces with more or less "bubble problem". I would like to add that the air bubbles were not the worst optical problems with Kowa's first generation zooms but they are most definitely unacceptable for a "better" scope (old Kowa scopes were great, but the zoom eyepieces were crap). I suppose this is very much about the available resources in quality control of the company. The big names in optics simply can more reliably get rid of these kinds of defects.
Thanks for the nice comments about Finland. I can tell you that going into the snow after sauna is not common among Finns - I have tried it once and I did not enjoy it at all. Your hosts probably just wanted to show off.
Maybe this should be in "Ruffled feathers" but I have no access there (?) and it was you who started these "Lappish jokes"
A Lappish bird recipe:
Take a rifle and shoot a "kuikka" (= Black throated diver).
Boil the kuikka in 2 l of water - throw away water.
Boil the kuikka in 2 l of milk - throw away milk.
Boil the kuikka in 2 l of vodka - throw away kuikka.
Let it cool down and enjoy.
Ilkka
Thanks for the nice comments about Finland. I can tell you that going into the snow after sauna is not common among Finns - I have tried it once and I did not enjoy it at all. Your hosts probably just wanted to show off.
Maybe this should be in "Ruffled feathers" but I have no access there (?) and it was you who started these "Lappish jokes"
A Lappish bird recipe:
Take a rifle and shoot a "kuikka" (= Black throated diver).
Boil the kuikka in 2 l of water - throw away water.
Boil the kuikka in 2 l of milk - throw away milk.
Boil the kuikka in 2 l of vodka - throw away kuikka.
Let it cool down and enjoy.
Ilkka