vintage prominar 7x35 wide angle (1 Viewer)

flythemoon · Sep 27, 2019

Good afternoon

does anyone own this amazing vintage binoculars?
Impressions? Is it possibile to buy it in the second hands market?

thanks

Francesco

Binastro · Sep 27, 2019

Hi Francesco,
I am sure one could buy this binocular.
Look at auction sites.

However, looking at photos I note that the eyepieces are small and single coated.
Maybe only 3 element eyepieces.
If so I expect a lot of pincushion distortion, curved field and small eye relief.
But I don't know as I haven't looked through one.

It may or may not be made by Kowa. Possibly made by another Japanese maker.
It may be that the true field is 9 degrees, not 10 degrees.

And 10 degrees is not very wide for a 7x35 binocular.

It may be very high quality, maybe not.

Regards,
B.

flythemoon · Sep 27, 2019

Many thanks

Hello thank you so much for your feedback :eat::eat:

Binastro said:
Hi Francesco,
I am sure one could buy this binocular.
Look at auction sites.

However, looking at photos I note that the eyepieces are small and single coated.
Maybe only 3 element eyepieces.
If so I expect a lot of pincushion distortion, curved field and small eye relief.
But I don't know as I haven't looked through one.

It may or may not be made by Kowa. Possibly made by another Japanese maker.
It may be that the true field is 9 degrees, not 10 degrees.

And 10 degrees is not very wide for a 7x35 binocular.

It may be very high quality, maybe not.

Regards,
B.

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