hi all
just joined after lurking a while and quietly collecting a few vintage binoculars. A good while ago I picked up a pair of Burleigh 10x50's in an antique shop, LH occular flapping about and full of dust but in good shape otherwise. Noting the centre screw was loose I figured a relatively simple fix so offered £5 and deal was done. Living my the Thames at the time I thought they'd be nice to have. Cleaned and assembled, they gave a nice image per side but so badly out of alignment to give instant eye pain! And so they sat untouched for some time, till now while between jobs and giving myself little projects to keep busy I did a proper strip down and adjusted them and they now work really well again. Turns out these are JB84/JE54.
That started me into collecting a number of the miniature JPY binos, always loved the look of them along with a couple others that caught my eye. Probably a bad habit to have picked up given I've spent around £400 now! But I have what I think is a nice collection and its kept me busy while I look for work
Was hoping you might be able to help ID a pair of Falcon 8x42's I recently acquired. Not found anything similar on web searches but they carry the same mark as the Swift Trilytes and look like a copy of the dialty/ClassiC in body styling. Uppendhal prisms, coated lenses and a nice bright image that's relaxing to view, pin-cushions a little at the edges but nice and sharp, gave good views of Orion the other night when it was clear too.
They were missing the LH eyepiece cover so the occular floated during focussing, I've worked around with one off a trash pair of 2-hinge folding compacts that I'd cannibalised for the roof prism glass to rebuild another pair. Too small to use one off any full size pair that I have spare.
I'd guess from the JTII sticker and another article I found online about the stickers that these may be from 1973-76 era but other than that I've no info at all.
Thanks in advance...
Dave
just joined after lurking a while and quietly collecting a few vintage binoculars. A good while ago I picked up a pair of Burleigh 10x50's in an antique shop, LH occular flapping about and full of dust but in good shape otherwise. Noting the centre screw was loose I figured a relatively simple fix so offered £5 and deal was done. Living my the Thames at the time I thought they'd be nice to have. Cleaned and assembled, they gave a nice image per side but so badly out of alignment to give instant eye pain! And so they sat untouched for some time, till now while between jobs and giving myself little projects to keep busy I did a proper strip down and adjusted them and they now work really well again. Turns out these are JB84/JE54.
That started me into collecting a number of the miniature JPY binos, always loved the look of them along with a couple others that caught my eye. Probably a bad habit to have picked up given I've spent around £400 now! But I have what I think is a nice collection and its kept me busy while I look for work
Was hoping you might be able to help ID a pair of Falcon 8x42's I recently acquired. Not found anything similar on web searches but they carry the same mark as the Swift Trilytes and look like a copy of the dialty/ClassiC in body styling. Uppendhal prisms, coated lenses and a nice bright image that's relaxing to view, pin-cushions a little at the edges but nice and sharp, gave good views of Orion the other night when it was clear too.
They were missing the LH eyepiece cover so the occular floated during focussing, I've worked around with one off a trash pair of 2-hinge folding compacts that I'd cannibalised for the roof prism glass to rebuild another pair. Too small to use one off any full size pair that I have spare.
I'd guess from the JTII sticker and another article I found online about the stickers that these may be from 1973-76 era but other than that I've no info at all.
Thanks in advance...
Dave