My custom Zeiss Binos just arrived from Germany (1 Viewer)

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Sout Fork

Well-known member

• Jul 27, 2006

• #1

For the kind of money I paid you would think they could have included lens caps, carrying case and a neck strap.

Also I think a tripod and head is going to be a problem.

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Pinewood

New York correspondent

• Jul 27, 2006

• #2

Does it have center focussing?

Happy bird watching,
Arthur Pinewood :brains:

 

jourdaj

Well-known member

• Jul 27, 2006

• #3

Pinewood said:

Does it have center focussing?

Happy bird watching,
Arthur Pinewood :brains:

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I had a pair and was disappointed w/ the close-focussing distance (~1Km).

 

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BGuy

Well-known member

• Jul 27, 2006

• #4

Sout Fork said:

For the kind of money I paid you would think they could have included lens caps, carrying case and a neck strap.

Also I think a tripod and head is going to be a problem..

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That will teach you NOT to buy British!!! (loved it, though).

 

robinm

Registered User

• Jul 27, 2006

• #5

Do you think you'll have any trouble taking them on planes?

 

Jos Stratford

Eastern Exile

Staff member

• Jul 27, 2006

• #6

robinm said:

Do you think you'll have any trouble taking them on planes?

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Think you can use it to shoot down planes, so would guess the being on the plane is not such an important consideration. Would like to know what kind of neck strap comes with it though.

 

FrankD

Well-known member

• Jul 27, 2006

• #7

Hmm, I wonder what the weight is on those puppies. Maybe they made the frame out of magnesium to cut down on it.

 

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Sout Fork

Well-known member

• Jul 27, 2006

• #8

Solved the tripod-mount isssue...

Found a old WWII 105mm Howitzer artillery gun mount-perfect.

 

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Leif

Well-known member

• Jul 27, 2006

• #9

Does it have thumb indents?

PS Is that really your new binocular?

 

stuart C smith

swansong

• Jul 27, 2006

• #10

custom zeiss

Sout Fork said:

For the kind of money I paid you would think they could have included lens caps, carrying case and a neck strap.

Also I think a tripod and head is going to be a problem.

See Pic.

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they look great,what are they like for butterflies ? . maybe i should trade in my papilios

 

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normjackson

Well-known member

• Jul 27, 2006

• #11

I had one of those. When I dropped it on my foot, my eyes went out of collimation.

 

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Henry B

Well-known member

• Jul 27, 2006

• #12

Now for the Tilley hat.

 

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Otto McDiesel

Well-known member

• Jul 27, 2006

• #13

I spent 6 days in the slammer for having a pair of binoculars and looking for Wall Creepers (Tichodroma muraria) along the Danube River at the border between Romania and Serbia.
Now, if i only had a pair of those puppies, i'd be on "twenty to life"....

 

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ceasar

Well-known member

• Jul 28, 2006

• #14

I didn't know binoculars came in calibers.

Bob