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New Product Introduction Today From Swarovski ?
At these prices, I think Nikon could scale down the Wx, add center focus and make money. Edmund -
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New Product Introduction Today From Swarovski ?
Have you seen as good? Almost as good? Edmund -
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New Product Introduction Today From Swarovski ?
It's usual in the "luxury" market for stuff to be "out of stock", and your getting an item being presented as a "favor" by the dealer. A salesman in that area indicated to me that working for a firm selling a french leather brand starting with "H", sales assistants were under orders not to sell... -
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New Product Introduction Today From Swarovski ?
Leica has a batch of new 32, in fact 35s, they are called Retrovids It's interesting to see them put these up against the new SF, although to be fair theirs is available and the SF is not :) The 7x35 is quite nice actually, I don't know about the others. I really wish Swaro had started by... -
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New Product Introduction Today From Swarovski ?
Swaro didn't invent the headrest by a far margin, someone a few centuries ago suggested a cap with a telescope mounted on as a stabilised optical aid to navigation by the stars. Edmund -
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New Product Introduction Today From Swarovski ?
Yup, Vieux Campeur and Monde de l'Observation are the ones I know. The Vieux Campeur guys are totally cool and let you test anything outside their shop door, and there are usually some crows perched down the road at the Jussieu entrance :) Edmund -
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New Product Introduction Today From Swarovski ?
Well, zat it explains why ze french zey 'ave all zese binocular shops in Paris. (I was a Bob Morane fan in my childhood). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Morane Edmund -
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New Product Introduction Today From Swarovski ?
I have an indoors set of targets for camera testing (long story) and when I point some binoculars at them I can move my eyes and look at different areas of the target, count squares etc. It seems eyes are up to a point movable, in some people, maybe not all - I defer to your knowledge of... -
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New Product Introduction Today From Swarovski ?
Bill, with respect, do you expect an arc field or a flat field? Edmund -
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New Product Introduction Today From Swarovski ?
Maybe they’ll make an 8x32 with a wider fov. I can’t use their x42 because of the 56mm IPD. Leica’s trick of the 7x35 solves size weight and view issues even though they don’t have much magnification. I think that for birding their product has merits. Edmund -
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New Product Introduction Today From Swarovski ?
I am so lucky, my IPD is under 56mm. Edmund -
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New Product Introduction Today From Swarovski ?
Why are you making fun of this poor luxury company? It says right there on their site that the forehead rest is cushioned with recycled ostrich leather, and that healthchecked young ladies or young men from “RotLicht”, a personal service enterprise in Amsterdam NL will home-deliver, and ensure...