Carl Zeiss 10x40B (1 Viewer)

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oldfortyfive

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• Apr 23, 2018

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I picked these up at a show recently. Really wanted them for display more than use. They work surprisingly well given their age, from around 1986. I had them outside today and was quite pleased with the view. Only issues I see is the close focus is about 25-30 feet. It's only about 1/2 turn for full focus. You need to be sure and only put your fingers on the focus half of the wheels so you don't change the diopter setting. I took the rubber eyepieces off and flipped them around so they would work better with my glasses. Eye relief is pretty good. Not sure the eye pieces are original.

 

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Troubador

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• Apr 23, 2018

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Hi 45
Those look like Zeiss Jena Notarem 10x40 binos. Nice. I am not totally sure but it may be more correct to call these Zeiss Jena (Zeiss in the former East Germany) as opposed to Carl Zeiss (Zeiss in the former West Germany) whose Dialyt 10x40B was a competitor of the Notarem.

Lee

 

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oldfortyfive

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• Apr 23, 2018

• #3

Actually stamped Carl Zeiss Jena just to add to the confusion. After doing a little more digging I believe you are correct, they are Notarem’s.

 

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jring

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• Apr 23, 2018

• #4

Hi

Carl Zeiss Jena Notarem 10x40 for sure... see Holger Merlitz' scan of the 1985 CZJ catalogue... http://www.holgermerlitz.de/czj_85/page11.jpg

Probably from early 1987 if I read that serial number correctly as starting with 6465... see http://www.europa.com/~telscope/zeissbin.txt

Cheers,

Joachim

 

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jgraider

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• Apr 23, 2018

• #5

I have that exact binocular. Glass is decent by today's standard, nothing special IMO. The hinge on mine is very loose now. I never use them anyway.

 

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ceasar

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• Apr 23, 2018

• #6

They look like the ones Tom Selleck used often in his "Jesse Stone" series in Boston.

Bob

 

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Binastro

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• Apr 26, 2018

• #7

Tom Selleck, I think, uses a West German Zeiss 10x40 T*P* in Jesse Stone.
The logo and coatings are visible.

Probably his own binocular, as I think that he is involved in production also.

It is one of the few T.V. shows where decent binoculars are used.
They are usually hideous red coated cheapies, which is daft for surveillance, or cheap Porroprism binoculars.

There was one British show where a Canon 10x30 IS was used when these were fairly new on the market.

 

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paddy7

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• Apr 26, 2018

• #8

These shows aren't real you know......

 

Troubador

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• Apr 26, 2018

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Binastro said:

Tom Selleck, I think, uses a West German Zeiss 10x40 T*P* in Jesse Stone.
The logo and coatings are visible.

Probably his own binocular, as I think that he is involved in production also.

It is one of the few T.V. shows where decent binoculars are used.
They are usually hideous red coated cheapies, which is daft for surveillance, or cheap Porroprism binoculars.

There was one British show where a Canon 10x30 IS was used when these were fairly new on the market.

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Bushnells seem to feature quite often but they are easy to spot with the name on the end of the hinge.

Lee

 

Troubador

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• Apr 26, 2018

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paddy7 said:

These shows aren't real you know......

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Paddy they are real.
They just aren't real life.

For Pete's sake knock off the Broadside and get back on the Southwold Bitter :-O

Lee

 

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ceasar

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• Apr 26, 2018

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paddy7 said:

These shows aren't real you know......

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No!:eek!:

Say it isn't so!:-C

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kellmark

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• Apr 27, 2018

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Sometimes you will see a good pair pair of bins in entertainment. In Tom Clancy's movie "Clear and Present Danger", in the opening scene the US Coast Guard Crew on the bridge of their vessel is using a Canon 15X45 IS. It was a first generation IS from Canon.

Also, in that same movie, you will see Willem Dafoe viewing a House in Colombia with what I believe are a pair of those very small Nikon Porros, I believe they were 6X15s. They look like little jewels.

So sometimes you get to see some good stuff.

What does get me in a lot of these entertainment productions, is where you see somebody with what is a obviously a crap binocular a thousand yards away and they can tell the color of the subject's eyes.

But I really like the old Zeiss stuff. Classics.