Gumball
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@Gumball - "compared favourably" (in your post #38) is a bit different to "still surpasses anything currently available" (in your post (#28). The list of four binoculars you've compared to includes two that - for want of a better expression - make one wonder just how well you know the best modern binoculars. And, given that this thread is about marine binoculars, I'd suggest a "star party" is not quite the same as using them at sea - though, to be fair, the 8x60 format ought to work well there.
Again, permit me to clarify . . . . . . . . the only opportunity to try other binoculars in a "dark sky" environment, was at a star party.
I do not own a boat, and I very seldom go out on the ocean.
I listed the binoculars that I used, from my memory, about 10 years ago. Obviously, I should have taken extensive notes. . . . . . . . . . . . .
I don't doubt your 8x60 and indeed the 7x50 are fine binoculars, and of course both are great collectors' items, but to say the former "surpasses anything currently available" needs a bit more comparison. IMO anyway.
"you don.t doubt" . . . .
Question, have you ever had the opportunity to use a Zeiss 7x50 "Fat Boy", a Zeiss 8x60 "Tall Boy", or a Zeiss 8x60 "Fat Boy" binocular ? ?
Under "dark skies" . . . . out on the ocean ? ? or, at another suitable environment ? ? ?
Just wondering about YOUR "comparison" ? ?
just MY . . . . IMO . . . . . . .
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