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question for Swift aficionados (1 Viewer)

jaymoynihan

Corvus brachyrhynchos watcher
My this is a quiet group.

Given all the "ED" glass roof prisms hatching forth, i thought i would pose the following.
The Celestron 9.5x44 ED was I think the first handheld ED binocular. But the Swift 8.5x44 ED is the oldest one still available new.
A speculative question;
If the Swift ED (its optical quality level & ED glass), were a roof, what would it cost new?

jay
 
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By the by, re the Celestron ED.....I find it to be semi-good. My non-ED Swift 820 is, how u say, mas major que el 9.5x44. I'm very nearly ready to peddle it on HeBay (along with some already sent to new homes, and several others up next....time to clean out the bino bin....again).
 
My this is a quiet group.

Given all the "ED" glass roof prisms hatching forth, i thought i would pose the following.
The Celestron 9.5x44 ED was I think the first handheld ED binocular. But the Swift 8.5x44 ED is the oldest one still available new.
A speculative question;
If the Swift ED (its optical quality level & ED glass), were a roof, what would it cost new?

jay

As a new product, possibly 2-4 times the current price of the ED porro version.

...Bob
Kentucky, USA
 
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