The Beast from the East (Kamakura?).
This ancient mariner thought that the weight would be just too much, but the binocular is not that bad, although heavy.
The binocular is used, maybe well used.
It comes from a yachting location and the shop says the rubber had gone white in places, but they seem to have done good job cleaning off the white and only small traces remain.
These are initial remarks.
The observations may not relate to a brand new example.
Shining a bright torch through the binocular it is fairly clean, but with small fine dust slightly visible, more on one side than the other. Much less than many used Nikon lenses.
Many people would probably not even notice this.
Multicoated with two cemented surfaces in the front and maybe one cemented surface at the rear of each barrel.
I had to adjust the dioptre and focus on my target 120m away.
The IPD adjustment is stiff.
Although specs and markings say 60 to 70mm, I suspect it goes to just under 60mm.
First stabilized view steady, but slight motion. Makes me a bit seasick.
AFOV much narrower than the 15 plus year old Canon 18x50 IS.
This is immediately apparent.
The binocular comes in a clamshell case.
Binocular marked Made in Japan.
I think the Nikons are similar with maybe an extra stabilization mode.
To be continued all being well.
This ancient mariner thought that the weight would be just too much, but the binocular is not that bad, although heavy.
The binocular is used, maybe well used.
It comes from a yachting location and the shop says the rubber had gone white in places, but they seem to have done good job cleaning off the white and only small traces remain.
These are initial remarks.
The observations may not relate to a brand new example.
Shining a bright torch through the binocular it is fairly clean, but with small fine dust slightly visible, more on one side than the other. Much less than many used Nikon lenses.
Many people would probably not even notice this.
Multicoated with two cemented surfaces in the front and maybe one cemented surface at the rear of each barrel.
I had to adjust the dioptre and focus on my target 120m away.
The IPD adjustment is stiff.
Although specs and markings say 60 to 70mm, I suspect it goes to just under 60mm.
First stabilized view steady, but slight motion. Makes me a bit seasick.
AFOV much narrower than the 15 plus year old Canon 18x50 IS.
This is immediately apparent.
The binocular comes in a clamshell case.
Binocular marked Made in Japan.
I think the Nikons are similar with maybe an extra stabilization mode.
To be continued all being well.