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EL Range TA 8X42 - Layman Review
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EL Range TA 8X42 - Layman Review
Back on your thread, then. I remember those early posts with pictures of described "glue seams." They were indeed unsightly in the pics, less so when I got my hands on one at a dealer. I'd bet... ohh a dollar mebbe, these were not glue seams but rather mold parting lines. Rather different... -
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EL Range TA 8X42 - Layman Review
dwever, I guess Id be one of those you refer to. I own nothing here. I do endeavor to understand, clarify things other folks post. I notice you left a thumbs up back on #9 when Henry started the discussion of distortion in Swarovski binos. Seems, these subsequent posts have wandered down that... -
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EL Range TA 8X42 - Layman Review
If they noticed. Indeed, it would've been. Im just guessing. Bugs on the left. Bugs on the right... See it? Curious. -
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EL Range TA 8X42 - Layman Review
Thanks John. That deer pic is more clear. I wonder if the dragonfly image wasnt inadvertent? That is, the marketing guys didn't notice the dragonfly pic had a curved reed, bending in the opposite direction. .. Looking hard at the dragonflies themselves for any evidence of the same distortion the... -
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EL Range TA 8X42 - Layman Review
https://www.birdforum.net/attachments/dsc_0989-jpeg.1456636/ Not defending Swaro. Their long-standing policy of not participating at Birdforum is not helpful. Intuition is no substitute for fact. After some time looking at this pic tho, Henry's idea the reed bends in the opposite direction of... -
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EL Range TA 8X42 - Layman Review
So Henry and Tenex, Is the Mustache distortion profile, your way Henry, of describing the things Swaro does to achieve the so-called flat field or is it something else, as I read it, inferred by Tenex in #14?