One vital function that's been overlooked is the button which sends a 'gloat-a-gram' to all your mates when you grip them off! Competitive birding seems to be the order of the day these days!
RB
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One vital function that's been overlooked is the button which sends a 'gloat-a-gram' to all your mates when you grip them off! Competitive birding seems to be the order of the day these days!
RB
Yesterday I visited a fair of historical photographic instruments and binoculars and telescopes.
I found a 6x20 Zeiss porro from 1900 in perfect condition: beautiful instrument: worked perfectly well. Images nice and clean. In 120 years we gained a lot in optical performance that is obvious eg due to improved optical glass and the application of coatings.
In our country there is a complete uprising of farmers, builders, traffic users etc. because of the coming restrictions to farming, building and traffic because of all environmental problems. We as human beings succeeded to destroy a lot of our earth resources, polluted our oceans, destroyed forests etc. and exploited humans for the delving of rare earth metals to construct new electronic equipment a lot of which is not needed and after using it for a short time it is thrown away so one can buy another electronic toy. In that light this discussion is kind of special, since we really do not need electronic supported binoculars for civilian use in my opinion.
Gijs van Ginkel
Imagine in 2026 your Alpha Leica’s have instant hyper accurate AF, advanced multi-axis image stabilization, a push with your pinky to capture a 172 mp hyper-resolution image, and an instant read-out available across the bottom of your view telling you the sub-species and sex of the bird the on-board software just scanned, all the while your image is glassed, or viewed in such a high resolution electronic viewfinderday.
And a one year warranty for electronic parts? :smoke:
Huh? How many boomers are in the workforce? 64-74 years old? 1945-1955.
It's not their world, it's subsequent generation's world. Do what you want.
You've got the baby boom generation off a bit. It's 1946-1964...
Hi Jerry!BSancho, you speak for many that are regular posters and experienced binocular users. I have a sense
and can tell this is a veteran crowd that post on here, many are happy with quality optics at all price ranges
and just like things the way they are.
I tried a Canon IS binocular some months ago, I did not comment on it, as I did not want to condemn it,
but it was not anything I was going to want or use. It was very unwieldy and I can see why Canon has not had
any traction or sales in binoculars.
Jerry
I don't think you are wrong about the binocular device that you are describing. All the technology you list exists in one form or another. It's just about improving and putting the pieces together now. I mean, Swarovski did debut a prototype of a monocular with a built-in camera just a few months ago. Who knows if it will ever go into production, but I bet there would be a market for it - especially if the camera were incorporated into binoculars instead. And range finders and image stabilization have been around for a long time. And image recognition software is getting pretty good now. And Bluetooth is already good. And it is hard to imagine how binoculars could be improved significantly over the current alpha class.
As far as the glasses/scope combo, again the technology exists already it would just be about putting it together.
An example of this type of thing already exists in rifle scopes. Check out the Swarovski dS scope. With a single click of a button, the scope ranges the target, then places illuminated crosshairs at the correct position accounting for the ballistics of the gun that it is mounted to and the ammunition that gun is shooting. All that's missing is the wind calculation.
I just don't think these electronic viewers will take over the market. If anything they will exist in parallel with traditional optics. I think I will always want something that resembles modern binoculars and scopes over what you describe, and I'm a millennial. Who knows though, maybe you're right.
Also, your timeline strikes me as unrealistically aggressive.
Knowledge teaches us that a tomato is a fruit, not a vegetable. But it is wisdom that teaches us not to put it into a fruit salad. :cat:
Bill
If only that same wisdom would keep pineapple off pizza.........
Imagine in 2026 your Alpha Leica’s have instant hyper accurate AF, advanced multi-axis image stabilization, a push with your pinky to capture a 172 mp hyper-resolution image, and an instant read-out available across the bottom of your view telling you the sub-species and sex of the bird the on-board software just scanned, all the while your image is glassed, or viewed in such a high resolution electronic viewfinder human eyes have long lost the ability to tell the difference. And for the really high magnifications, you’re just wearing an 8 oz. pair of glasses or goggles while the glass itself is on a silent motorized tripod next to you tracking everywhere you look and transmitting wirelessly real-time breathtaking imagery to your glasses.
Because of Boomer’s reluctance to adopt new technology, Boomer’s in the labor force are tamping down the economy’s overall productivity, according to a study by Moody's Analytics.. Published 11-7-19, reported by USA Today. Arguably we evidenced this a little in a discussion about future Duovid design when the cry went out twice for no electronics in future Duovid designs. But that’s incidental and not the,point.
Electronics must be and will eventually be the next frontier for alpha glass, when there is a market and when the technology is more than novel and truly revolutionizes the experience, most will never look back. This might be a part of drawing in the next generation of birders.
I guess I stand corrected. My understanding for all these years was that Boomers were born in the first decade after WWII.
Still, "Boomers" who missed the Beatles on Ed Sullivan, didn't experience the JFK assassination, or Martin Luther King and RFK assassinations, weren't given drills to dive under your desk in school for when the A Bomb goes off, the Sunday casualty reports from the Vietnam War, didn't have to register for the draft, the Woodstock period, Love Ins, Watergate, weren't driving during the Iran oil embargo, and came of age during disco just doesn't sound like the same generation. At all.
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That should bring the horse and buggy drivers out of the woodwork again ! :-O
Chosun :gh: