Pentax PCF Binoculars (1 Viewer)

Hi People!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280313398477

Just won a pair of these on Ebay for my racecalling. Can anyone tell me about them, how old, experiences of using these, etc.

Many thanks

Craig

I recently owned a pair very similar to this. I had the 8x40 PCF WP IIs. The neat part about this design is the eyepieces move internally to focus the binocular...not with an external bridge like most conventional porros. This should, theoretically, produce a more durable design.

Center field sharpness was very good but I wasn't as enthused about the bins' edge performance. The unit you linked to appears to be the predecessor to the bins I owned. I cannot give you any more specifics as I am not familiar with the line in general.

The guys over at Cloudynights.com should have more info on this bin as I know it is more highly regarded as an inexpensive porro which is good for astronomical viewing.

Hope this helps.

These PCF would be quite OLD. By 1998, pentax was already into the PCF III model. So I'd place these about the mid-90s. I had a pair of PCF II 12x50s. They were excellent.

Model lines in the pentax are
PCF, PCF II, PCF III, PCF V, PCF WP, PCF WP II, so this model is about 5 models before Frank's 8x40. FWIW, I've owned 6 different Pentax. Including the 8x40s, this is one of the sharpest to the edge binoculars made. However, they are also one of the narrowest filed of view binoculars made.

edz