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nikon fieldscope ed82 a (1 Viewer)

That 30x ep is amazing! Sooo bright, and nice wide fov. What a joy with this scope!

Missed a 75x mc but will come by later or just will go for a ds, same for 50x wide. Both I have mainly planned for use with ed50 as 27x and 40x for the future. With the ed82 I think for now the zoom and 30x is a great combo!
 
I've had the ED82 A for about 10 years and I also have Swaorvski ATS 80 with zoom on permanent loan .... I prefer the Nikon every time. The zoom at 75x is a little 'dark' and 'tunnel' but the image is pin sharp. If Nikon had manufactured a WA zoom this scope would be near untouchable in the 80mm class.
 
Absolutely classic scope, built like fine scientific equipment, wonderful views. If you bide your time in the US you can find them $500-700. Ridiculous value. Buy an ED50 to go with it, share the eyepieces, and you can have a terrific well rounded scope set up for around $1500.
 
b-lilja said:
Absolutely classic scope, built like fine scientific equipment, wonderful views. If you bide your time in the US you can find them $500-700. Ridiculous value. Buy an ED50 to go with it, share the eyepieces, and you can have a terrific well rounded scope set up for around $1500.
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I wholly agree. After buying an used Fieldscope ED 82A in 2014, I started to equip it with MC and DS eyepieces of different magnification- all excellent -, and pairing it with an ED50 straight, I now have an almost complete set. Furthermore, I had a turner build an 1"25 adaptor so can conveniently use them on my Celestron C5 as astro eyepieces.
 
If I were the head of Nikon reading this, I'd have my marketing guys on the carpet the same afternoon.
Fact is, Nikon failed to translate excellent optical performance into sustained market leadership, whereas Swaro, a much smaller firm, did so brilliantly.
I suspect the Chinese will learn from this, they are more diligent.
 
etudiant said:
If I were the head of Nikon reading this, I'd have my marketing guys on the carpet the same afternoon.
Fact is, Nikon failed to translate excellent optical performance into sustained market leadership, whereas Swaro, a much smaller firm, did so brilliantly.
I suspect the Chinese will learn from this, they are more diligent.
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Hi,

I suspect that with Nikon the sports optics division has always been the strange little brother of the huge photo division and while they tend to produce great products, their marketing leaves something to be desired - often crammed in alongside their photo lineups in camera and electronics stores as opposed to stores specialized on sports optics.

Swarovski optics is part of a larger group too, but they're quite independent (the other products of Swarovski group are quite a bit different) and this leads to much better marketing and a strong presence in specialist stores for sports optics.

Joachim
 
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jring said:
...I suspect that with Nikon the sports optics division has always been strange little brother of the huge photo division and while they tend to produce great products, their marketing leaves something to be desired - often crammed in alongside their photo lineups in camera and electronics stores as opposed to stores specialized on sports optics...
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Nikon is famously bad at marketing, even when it comes to their photo division. They have relied on the attitude that superior and more reliable technology will win out. In fact, they usually don't even use their technological and design advantages in their marketing and instead expect camera geeks to learn these things on their own from other media. Canon's comprehensive embrace of autofocus helped it eclipse Nikon in the 2000s, but also its marketing.

--AP
 
b-lilja said:
Absolutely classic scope, built like fine scientific equipment, wonderful views. If you bide your time in the US you can find them $500-700. Ridiculous value. Buy an ED50 to go with it, share the eyepieces, and you can have a terrific well rounded scope set up for around $1500.
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I agree, that is my combo, and when you can interchange the eyepieces between both of these fine scopes, makes for a great combo.

When I travel afar, the little ED50 is so small and light, and just a joy to look through. I do like the 25-75 zoom, it meets most all of my needs. Packs on a carryon along with the binocular I choose for that trip.

Jerry
 
NDhunter said:
I agree, that is my combo, and when you can interchange the eyepieces between both of these fine scopes, makes for a great combo.

When I travel afar, the little ED50 is so small and light, and just a joy to look through. I do like the 25-75 zoom, it meets most all of my needs. Packs on a carryon along with the binocular I choose for that trip.

Jerry
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I agree with you Jerry. I have both the Nikon 82ED and the 50ED with quite a few eyepieces. I am keeping these for sure!
 
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