New Zeiss Victory SF !!!!!! (3 Viewers)

SeldomPerched said:

My Swedish grandfather went to Hamburg in about 1930 to buy some Zeiss binoculars and they were for him a lifetime investment... till I got my 12?year old hands on them in about 1968 and a while later forgot I had left them outside for probably several months. I wish now I could identify them; I only remember they were (=had been before me) in excellent condition and were quite compact, beautifully made porros.

That guilt has something to do with my present interest in nature observation and binoculars.

Tom

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Troubador said:

Well, young Tom, you have a lot to be guilty about! But a 12-year old from the 60's couldn't be expected to understand the heirloom-value of a pair of old Grandad's binoculars, so don't beat yourself up about it. But by all means take advantage of the motivation driven by the residual guilt to explore different binos.

Lee

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SeldomPerched said:

Interesting observation there, Lee. I think I HAVE beaten myself up over this whenever I see the word Zeiss, but you're right.. in my teaching job I long ago learnt that children and precision equipment just don't go together. The first thing they do when they see a lens is poke a finger on the front element! And why is it that every fountain pen 'just exploded, sir' when in the hands of a child? Anyway, I'm sure Grandad would have understood had he still been alive. In other news, the 8x56 FLs are now on their way and I can't wait to try them out. Meanwhile the 7x42 BG/ATPs have been an eye-opener - funny how often phrases are closer than we realized to what we are saying - on the world of nature in the late evening.

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