Hello Bill,
I always get irritated when someone writes about porro binoculars. That should be Porro. That is a signal that the author is not well informed about binoculars.
Happy bird watching,
Arthur Pinewood :egghead:
Hello Bill,
I always get irritated when someone writes about porro binoculars. That should be Porro. That is a signal that the author is not well informed about binoculars.
Happy bird watching,
Arthur Pinewood :egghead:
Arthur,
Do you mean as in "Ignazio Porro is dead, but are porros dead?"
I usually write "porro prism binoculars" and "roof prism binoculars" but should we be saying Porro's prism binoculars" instead?
Now my mind is all twisted up!:eek!:
Bob
that or punctuation means very little to them.
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Actually WJC corrected me on misspelling Porro once, and I've made a point to capitalize it every since. :scribe:
Is there a difference ?
C'mon guys; share some anecdotes you've read in magazines that make you just shake your heads.
Bill
OK. I will try to remember to write Porro or Porros for Porro's prism binoculars in the future. In my haste I have often forgotten to capitalize the p in Porro.
Cordially,
Bob
In the June 2014 Texas Sportsman in a binocular review they review the Bushnell legend ultra HD. I learned that although stiff the magnification wheel is big enough to to easily find when concentrating on looking through the glass.
Also I learned that Zeiss saved some money by having the Terra assembled in the USA instead of Germany
"magnification wheel" . . . I wish my binos had one of those.
And from the sales floor at Captains:
"Ah doan zee y a main kan't geddim a 7x50 banocklar attel fittinis shirt pocket!"
I don't see why I can't get an 18-wheeler to fit in my garage. I guess it's just one of those things.
Bill :eek!:
"magnification wheel" . . . I wish my binos had one of those.