jaymoynihan
Corvus brachyrhynchos watcher
Curious, is the 8.5x44 audubon, regular & ED in the porroprism no longer in production?
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Is the Audubon porroprism no more? (1 Viewer)
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elkcub
Silicon Valley, California
Swift still includes them in their lineup, as well as the 828 HHS Audubon roof.
http://www.swift-sportoptics.com/audubon.htm
Ed
Do they still designate the Roof Prism as an HHS or have they dropped that honorific? I didn't notice any thing like that on the one's pictured in the link.
Bob K.
lilcrazy2
Well-known member
While Swift still shows the 820 & 820ED porros in their catalog, they are becoming increasing difficult to find at any of the online retailers, which would lead one to believe they are being phased out, or in very limited production if they are still being produced. The 828 roofs are still designated as the HSS by those retailers that carry them and they are much easier to come by online.
elkcub
Silicon Valley, California
The last Swift catalog I have is for 2006, where it's listed as the 828 HHS Audubon 8.5x, 44mm. That's really all I can say, except that it looks like what's showing on their website. At least wrt roofs, there's lots of competition nowadays, and very few products can survive that remain unimproved year after year.
Ed
Ed
mayoayo
Well-known member
...It would be sad to see the Audubon, a Japanese classic,symbol of an Era , go into chinese production ,but I imagine with the inexpensive ED glass coming from the People´s Republic ,an ED version of this classic could be put together for the same amount the japanese Non-ED was made, (they make the ZEN ED for less than 400,and they are phase coated,dialectric mirrored roofers,so for 250 $ the SUPER PORRO should be possible to produce in China!).They should sell the patent to a company that cares(not that any other company would care about Swift´s binoculars,but this is only talk!),and the same thing should do Bushnell with the Customs.!
