John A Roberts
Well-known member
The previous thread ‘Kern 1988 8x30’ was recently posted to after a 14 month gap
Looking through the thread, there are a couple of reference to the ultra rare civilian centre focus version, of the current Swiss service binocular
There is extremely little information about the CF version, and most of what follows I found by Googling ' kern 8x30 “pizar elit” ', and then going to the Images option
An interesting discussion and the best set of photos are in a Cloudy Nights thread: https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/529640-swiss-miss-tery-what-have-i-got-here/ , see the attached image
There is some additional information and photos of another unit, in a Binomania Forum thread: https://binocoli.forumfree.it/?t=71818103
For convenience I’ve attached a translation of the text, though it’s not all that informative
Gijs van Ginkel has provided two comparison images here: https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2924393#post2924393 (see post #191)
And I’ve also attached an image of an advertisement that was in a a 1987 issue of the journal of Die Flugwaffenbrigade 31 (The 31st Air Defense Brigade) of Switzerland
Finally, there is a low quality image that shows the cover of a manual for the CF version (I downloaded this some time ago, and don’t seem to have kept track as to where from)
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Hans Weigum has written more generally about Kern binoculars several times on this forum
See especially: https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=162961&page=9
With additional information:
https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=134800&highlight=Kern (see post #4)
https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=306068&highlight=Kern (see posts #19 & 22)
And that’s about all I could find!
John
Looking through the thread, there are a couple of reference to the ultra rare civilian centre focus version, of the current Swiss service binocular
There is extremely little information about the CF version, and most of what follows I found by Googling ' kern 8x30 “pizar elit” ', and then going to the Images option
An interesting discussion and the best set of photos are in a Cloudy Nights thread: https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/529640-swiss-miss-tery-what-have-i-got-here/ , see the attached image
There is some additional information and photos of another unit, in a Binomania Forum thread: https://binocoli.forumfree.it/?t=71818103
For convenience I’ve attached a translation of the text, though it’s not all that informative
Gijs van Ginkel has provided two comparison images here: https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2924393#post2924393 (see post #191)
And I’ve also attached an image of an advertisement that was in a a 1987 issue of the journal of Die Flugwaffenbrigade 31 (The 31st Air Defense Brigade) of Switzerland
Finally, there is a low quality image that shows the cover of a manual for the CF version (I downloaded this some time ago, and don’t seem to have kept track as to where from)
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Hans Weigum has written more generally about Kern binoculars several times on this forum
See especially: https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=162961&page=9
With additional information:
https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=134800&highlight=Kern (see post #4)
https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=306068&highlight=Kern (see posts #19 & 22)
And that’s about all I could find!
John