Collection feels complete… any ideas/suggestions? (1 Viewer)

[William Lewis]

Maybe inspire someone. I don't have many of them because I want to buy Swarovski Habicht 7x42

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You definitely need a habicht to equal up the untenable Schmidt pechan Vs porro imbalance. If course once you have that you definitely can't buy any abbe konigs or you'll need to have 5 if them too....

 

[dries1]

How about one of these?

 

[Troubador]

How about one of these?

Hi Dries
Does the triple crown mean these were made for the Swedish military? Or did I just dream that up?

Lee

 

[Gijs van Ginkel]

Kimmik, post 27,
We measured this week the transmission of the Swarovski ATC and found a value of 86% at 550 nm.
Gijs van Ginkel

 

[dries1]

Hi Dries
Does the triple crown mean these were made for the Swedish military? Or did I just dream that up?

Lee

Yes they were made for the Swedish Military. On the way to the US and looking forward to checking them out. I used an 8X30 before but never the 6X30.

 

[Trinovid]

Yes they were made for the Swedish Military. On the way to the US and looking forward to checking them out. I used an 8X30 before but never the 6X30.

Looking forward to hearing your take on them.

 

[kimmik]

Update I got my first 10x after trying many and it is…. Trinovid 10x25 bca

On my scale it weighs only 241g. Considered ultravid too but ultimately went with trinovid, partly because i like the classic name/design.

 

[Trinovid]

Update I got my first 10x after trying many and it is…. Trinovid 10x25 bca

On my scale it weighs only 241g. Considered ultravid too but ultimately went with trinovid, partly because i like the classic name/design.

I was more than a bit surprised how well my old Leitz 8x20 holds up alongside the Ultravid. Definitely can't replace it, but it's nice having them both.

 

[aznuge]

If dabbling in astro becomes more serious, then some higher powers that bridge hand-held to mounted:

• Zeiss 10x42 Victory SF; Noctivid 10x42
• Fujinon FMT 10x50; EL 10x50; WX 10x50
• NL 12x42; EL 12x50
• Maven 15x56
• Nikon 18x70 Astroluxe

 

[Fred777]

A brief explanation is that I’ve dabbled with astro, bino and camera optics for a while now and this year restarted collecting but more selectively. Didn’t want to put this in the swaro subforum because while I like them, probably better looking elsewhere at this point.

Current:
7x21 CL
8x30 Habicht
8x32 EL
8x42 NL
8x56 SLC
Papillio 8.5x21
8x leica, zeiss, nikon as brand representative.

So the suggested rules are:
1. Needs to be ”the best” at something, eg papillio even though it isn’t rare
2. Needs to be primarily handheld - eg not interested in the upcoming STC spotting scope, or >1.2kg binos
3. Image stabilisation/electronics “special features that might break” are allowed but only if monocular.

Eg something I’ve been keeping an eye out for, is a good drawtube telescope, and a pocket monocular rangefinder. Not sure if I’m also missing anything in the bino realm?

 

[Fred777]

Any bino above $500 is just icing on the cake. Even older binos like my Swift 8.5x44 have a center spot equal to the Swaros and Zeiss'. Afterall, the center spot is really where most look.