The-Wanderer
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What are the differences?
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swarovski 8x32 wb, sv, sw? (1 Viewer)
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Vespobuteo
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The model name is EL (probably stands for Ergonomic Light, but not sure..)
The SV (SwaroVision) models have field flattener lenses.
First version of the EL:s did not. They also had shorter ER and no rubber armoring inside of the grip (bare metal).
"The WB (it's actually "W B") is a combination of two items. The W stands for a German word that means "wide angle." For Swarovski binoculars, this means the apparent field of view is greater than 60°. The B, as noted above, is for a German word that means the instrument has twist-up eyecups
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http://www.opticsreviewer.com/swarovski-binoculars.html
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The-Wanderer
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Thanks vespobuteo,
And the SW?
And the SW?
Can I be more German than the Germans for a moment and observe that B stands for 'brille' meaning glasses and its original meaning was that the bins had sufficient eye relief for spectacle wearers to use them. Back in those days this was accomplished by folding rubber eyecups down but as VB points out today these have been replaced by eyecups that screw up and down.
Thank you, I will now rejoin Pedantics Anonymous.... :-O
Lee
The-Wanderer
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The w b bins seem to be current. I have my doubts about "the bins had sufficient eye relief for spectacle wearers to use them." Maybe some but I doubt all!
Vespobuteo
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Besserwisser is also a German word...starting with B. :-O
But you are correct, B stands for Brille, I owned a Zeiss BGAT bin in the past, fold down rubber eye cups, but still a B...
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Vespobuteo
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Not sure about the SW, a mix up with SV?
or just a product code for Swarovski used by some dealers?
Surely that should be "Pedants Anonymous" :gn:
Besserwisser? OK I plead guilty and yes I had one of those very same Dialyts from 1986 to 2003.
Lee
Nice one M :-O
But I chose to go with 'pedantics' because I liked the sound and implications of the 'antics' at the end.
Loved your intervention though :t:
Lee
jan van daalen
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The-Wanderer
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Used bins for sale.
jan van daalen
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Take a look through Gijs van Ginkel's excellent history of Swarovski Optik and I can only find SL, SLC, EL and CL designations for Swaro bins. Looks like SW was an error.
Jan was shooting to tickle our sense of humour by referring to S&W (Smith and Wesson). In some gun circles S&W humourously stands for short and weak (referring to S&W's .40 cal round) but I am sure Jan didn't mean anything to do with Swarovski. :-O
Lee
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The-Wanderer
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I may have to resort to contacting the vendor:smoke:
The-Wanderer
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You got it Theo, I'll buy a Howitzer
SW doesn't mean anything official. Everything else was described adequately in this thread. There is the EL WB (pre-Swarovision), Swarovision EL WB, and the Field Pro (which is basically the SV EL WB with the new strap, body armor, and objective covers).
Not too complicated, really...
Not too complicated, really...
