I first contacted Nicolas Crista about the Audubon 8.5 x 44 HR/5s discussed in this thread. Moving from place to place meant that it finally took till November 2014 for the glasses to be returned to me after repairs and adjustment.
He replaced the dented prism covers with unmarked ones. The replacement covers are marked "Fully Multicoated" though the glasses themselves with a 1985 manufacturing date are just "Multicoated". It does not matter as I do not intend selling them. The other putative user of the glasses knows a lot about birds but nothing about multicoating
Mr. Crista cemented the prisms besides lubricating the glasses and collimating them.
When using them, I thought the view quite relaxing. I would have demanded a little more brightness. My vision has deteriorated suddenly from illness; otherwise, i feel I would have found them slightly sharper than I do now.
With my glasses on, even at the maximum interpupillary distance, the prisms appear to interfere with the field of view. This was true before the repair as well.
Tomorrow I am going birding and will have an opportunity to make a comparison with the following binoculars, CZJ Jenoptem 10 x 50w, CZJ Notarem 10x40B, Pentax 8x42WP Nikon Premier 10x42 HG_L. Others with better vision than mine would be able to offer comments as well.
Nicolas Crista has done a fine job with these Audubons both mechanically and cosmetically.
Best wishes,
Chhayanat
He replaced the dented prism covers with unmarked ones. The replacement covers are marked "Fully Multicoated" though the glasses themselves with a 1985 manufacturing date are just "Multicoated". It does not matter as I do not intend selling them. The other putative user of the glasses knows a lot about birds but nothing about multicoating
Mr. Crista cemented the prisms besides lubricating the glasses and collimating them.
When using them, I thought the view quite relaxing. I would have demanded a little more brightness. My vision has deteriorated suddenly from illness; otherwise, i feel I would have found them slightly sharper than I do now.
With my glasses on, even at the maximum interpupillary distance, the prisms appear to interfere with the field of view. This was true before the repair as well.
Tomorrow I am going birding and will have an opportunity to make a comparison with the following binoculars, CZJ Jenoptem 10 x 50w, CZJ Notarem 10x40B, Pentax 8x42WP Nikon Premier 10x42 HG_L. Others with better vision than mine would be able to offer comments as well.
Nicolas Crista has done a fine job with these Audubons both mechanically and cosmetically.
Best wishes,
Chhayanat