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    New Product Introduction Today From Swarovski ?

    A little Googling revealed that there is no authorized Swarovski dealer on Swarovski's official dealer list located in Folsom, CA or in area code 95630, the address of the eBay business Intertwined-Shopping that Dennis linked to. Besides Swarovski Optik products they claim to sell a variety of...
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    New Product Introduction Today From Swarovski ?

    The AFOVs of the NLs are only 69º-71º. There is no reason why an observer with normal eyesight wouldn't be able to see their field stops when looking straight ahead. Since by all accounts the eyepiece of the NL can form a reasonably sharp image at the field edge it almost certainly can form a...
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    New Product Introduction Today From Swarovski ?

    Hi John, I thought I remembered mention of a 90º rotation somewhere. As was recently discussed in one of the Kowa BD II XD threads rotating the S-P prism cluster doesn't matter optically so any rotational position can be chosen to help achieve the desired body shape. As you can see in the...
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    New Product Introduction Today From Swarovski ?

    Hi Lee, The prism arrangement in the SF was not an innovation. If you look at old cutaways you'll find that both prism arrangements have been used by various brands in Schmidt-Pechen binoculars for decades. The Zeiss 8x30 and 10x40 Dialyts and the 8/10x32 FLs used the same Schmidt prism...
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    New Product Introduction Today From Swarovski ?

    If you mean Stefan and Wolfgang I think they're marketing guys, not techies. Wolfgang was thrown off by a simple question about the prism type. Still, I couldn't help but like them. Their deliveries were quite the opposite of smooth "influencers". My guess is one take was all they could stand.
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    New Product Introduction Today From Swarovski ?

    A few details buried in text and the downloadable PDF spec sheet stood out to me. Firstly, SWAROCLEAN is conspicuously absent from the list of NL Pure coatings. Could that explain the 1% increase in light transmission compared to the SV? The number of optical elements (12 per side) hasn't...
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    New Product Introduction Today From Swarovski ?

    Just what is that thing in the middle photo of post #17? A forehead rest?
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