Identify these bins please (1 Viewer)

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PennineBirder

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• Jan 23, 2019

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Can anyone identify the make and model of these binoculars used by Jane Goodall, the English naturalist? The photo was taken c. 1960 when she was studying chimpanzees in Tanzania at age 26. More info on Jane Goodall here https://www.thextraordinary.org/jane-goodall#biography

 

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WJC

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• Jan 23, 2019

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PennineBirder said:

Can anyone identify the make and model of these binoculars used by Jane Goodall, the English naturalist? The photo was taken c. 1960 when she was studying chimpanzees in Tanzania at age 26. More info on Jane Goodall here https://www.thextraordinary.org/jane-goodall#biography

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Let's try 6x30 M. Hensoldt, Wetzlar from about 1950. I don't see the taper at the ocular end. However, the objective caps, the oculars, and the large focus wheel fit the bill. :cat:

Bill

 

jmepler

It's just a flesh wound.

• Jan 23, 2019

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There is an old thread about this at this link.

 

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PennineBirder

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• Jan 23, 2019

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jmepler said:

There is an old thread about this at this link.

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I hadn’t picked up on that earlier thread on the same topic - thanks for linking to that and many apologies for repeating the question. It seems that the bins were identified as Hensoldt Jagddialyt 6x42 .

Thanks

Peter

 

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henry link

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• Jan 23, 2019

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I'm inclined to agree with Bill that this looks more like a Hensoldt 6/8x30 than a 6/7x42. The straight objective barrels, shorter than the prism housing, don't seem to match the longer tapered barrels, about equal to the length of the prism housing, on the 42mm models.

 

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Gijs van Ginkel

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• Jan 23, 2019

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I think that it is the Hensoldt Jagd Dialyt, since it loooks just the same as we have in our lab. collection.
Gijs van Ginkel