BruceH
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I believe Gary's business is called East Coast Binocular Repair located in the UK.
http://binocular-repair.co.uk/
http://binocular-repair.co.uk/
Hi Jerry,
I only have 1 copy of that book. In Lee's post he linked Gary's adress.
If this doesn't work out, PM me you mail adress, I'll scan it and send it to you by mail.
Jan
Hi,
Please note that this book is my property and any attempt to scan it and send to other people will result in infringement of my copyright and legal action against the sender.
Gary
Hi,
The first edition of my book was only 300 copies which sold out within a couple of weeks.
I am currently working on an updated edition which will cover a lot more rare and accurate information on the Trinovid series. This forum will be the first to know when it is available (and my solicitor has covered the legal jargon !!!!!)
Gary.
Gary
Ha, I had to look this up in Gary's Trinovid book.
According to his explosion drawing you are half right. The tubes are screwed on the outside of the prism housing and the prism is screwed on the inside of that housing in a seperate screwmount.
Jan
You are absolutely right Gerry and it is one of these Leitz Tinovid 8x40s that Troubadoris has treasured since the1970s.
Lee
Hi Lee... if it's one of the very rare first generation Trinovid 8x40s with the 176m field of view I can well understand why it is such a favourite. Leitz certainly accomplished some quite remarkable things with that design. It's this edition of the Trinovid I wish Leica had reintroduced, maybe tweaking the eyepieces to sacrifice some field of view (goodness knows there is enough to burn) for more eye relief. With dielectric mirrors and modern coatings the image would be bright and contrasty to modern standards, and if the SF is anything to go by, the field of view alone would be a real selling point.
The first edition of my book was only 300 copies which sold out within a couple of weeks.
I am currently working on an updated edition which will cover a lot more rare and accurate information on the Trinovid series. This forum will be the first to know when it is available (and my solicitor has covered the legal jargon !!!!!)
Jan,
I've been wondering if the 3 new Trinovids (7x35; 8x40 and 10x40) will all use the same size prism, and it looks like they will.
Their objective lens diameters are all close enough to use it.
If the prism can accommodate the standard fields of the 40mm binoculars (7.4º for the 8x40 and 6.0º for the 10x40) is there also enough room for the stated 8.5º wide field of the 7x35 binocular?
Bob
it really depends on how you define build quality - some possible categories:
- consistent optical quality (think lemons which just don't give a good view)
- consistent mechanical quality (the usual focuser problems)
- resistance to chemical agents (think rubber armor getting tacky with time - Leica Televid spotters getting blind when exposed to salty air)
- water proofing (think the Leica U-Boat affair)
- resilience to serious abuse (think torture tests like allbinos, the Zeiss conquest torture video or finally the proofing instructions for east german army Zeiss Jena EDF)
Joachim
Never mind the book. Your collection is awesome!Hi,
The first edition of my book was only 300 copies which sold out within a couple of weeks.
I am currently working on an updated edition which will cover a lot more rare and accurate information on the Trinovid series. This forum will be the first to know when it is available (and my solicitor has covered the legal jargon !!!!!)
Gary.
Gary
Jan,
I've been wondering if the 3 new Trinovids (7x35; 8x40 and 10x40) will all use the same size prism, and it looks like they will.
Their objective lens diameters are all close enough to use it.
If the prism can accommodate the standard fields of the 40mm binoculars (7.4º for the 8x40 and 6.0º for the 10x40) is there also enough room for the stated 8.5º wide field of the 7x35 binocular?
Bob
Jan,
I've been wondering if the 3 new Trinovids (7x35; 8x40 and 10x40) will all use the same size prism, and it looks like they will.
Their objective lens diameters are all close enough to use it.
If the prism can accommodate the standard fields of the 40mm binoculars (7.4º for the 8x40 and 6.0º for the 10x40) is there also enough room for the stated 8.5º wide field of the 7x35 binocular?
Bob
Here is an example of some tough military porro's. The Steiner Binoculars 8x30 MIlitary Marine West Germany Vintage.