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Swarovski - odd business policy - near point
Hello Ed, Is not the NL price point a little too steep for many? Stay safe, Arthur -
Swarovski - odd business policy - near point
Hello Ed, Doug sold me four binoculars and never gave me a hat! Maybe buying a Zeiss or a Meopta did not put me over the bar. Stay safe, Arthur -
Swarovski - odd business policy - near point
Hello Ed, Doug did not quote any source, so perhaps he was speaking from his own business experience. Of course, the biggest "game" in New York is the Norway rat. When Cameraland was located on Lexington Avenue, he may have had business from the suburbs and New Yorkers do travel to the woods... -
Swarovski - odd business policy - near point
Hello Jerry, The same was told to me by Doug at Cameraland, in NY. Doug also told me that hunters respect bird watchers opinion of optics. Stay safe, Arthur -
Swarovski - odd business policy - near point
Hello Hermann, I have been reliably informed that close internal focussing adds to chromatic aberration, which could be avoided by having a "floating" element but that would really complicate things. Stay safe, Arthur -
Swarovski - odd business policy - near point
Hello, I am late to this discussion but I would point out that close focussing became practical with roof prims glasses, as the spatial displacement of most Porro glasses made close focussing more practical but only with internal focussing. At close distances the a moving bridge might be...