
Eagle Optics was a sister company of Vortex and indeed Vortex is handling repairs on Eagle Optics binoculars.
Sad at Leica's absence.
Sad at Leica's absence.
Too bad the retail outlet went out of business… I thought the staff were very knowledgeable and I enjoyed buying my optics from them. Local jobs tooEagle Optics was a sister company of Vortex and indeed Vortex is handling repairs on Eagle Optics binoculars.
Sad at Leica's absence.
How about the person standiing next to him wearing the green shirt?
Just a typical birder on the other side of the pond….How about the person standiing next to him wearing the green shirt?
just curious ... why 4 8x bins ? did you leave them in the car and then decided which one to use at the park ? Or did you carry all of those around ?At Simmons pond Merrick NY:
Birder 1 Zeiss conquest 42.
Birder 1 Zeiss HT 8x42
Birder 1 Nikon DSLR with large 600mm lens.
Nature and optics geek (me) 1 Vortex 8x42 UHD, 1 Nikon 8x42 MHG, 1 Nikon E2 8x30 and 1 Oberwerk SE 8x32.
Since this post I’ve seen one guy with NL Pure (last year).ahhhh this reminds me of a few weeks or so ago when I saw an elderly man with a 50mm Trinovid BA or BN; it was huge. The other binos that day were Leica Ultravid 42, SF 42, an older Nikon Monarch (DCF I think).
Lifers I still need:
Kowa Genesis
any Meopta
any Maven
rarities that I may never see in my area:
Kite
Hawke
Viking
Delta
increasingly considered rare nowadays:
Swift
Alpen
only 1 sighting so far of these relatively newer bins:
Nikon Monarch HG
GPO Passion HD
Haven’t spotted Swaro NL Pure yet.
Lol, because I didn’t have more with me that day🤣. I don’t leave them in the car. When I’m testing out a new acquisition, in this case a Vortex 8x42 Razor UHD I bring along 3-4 or more binoculars of the same configuration of varying price points to compare to the subject binoculars. Sometimes Ill use a large range bag with all the binoculars in their cases and other times I’ll just put the bins in camera cases for easier access to all of them without laying them on benches or the floor. I’ll set set up in a comfortable area and work from the cases. Here’s some pictures of how I usually do it. I don’t have one of that specific day I was testing out the Razor.just curious ... why 4 8x bins ? did you leave them in the car and then decided which one to use at the park ? Or did you carry all of those around ?
It helps to have some really nice views as well.Lol, because I didn’t have more with me that day🤣. I don’t leave them in the car. When I’m testing out a new acquisition, in this case a Vortex 8x42 Razor UHD I bring along 3-4 or more binoculars of the same configuration of varying price points to compare to the subject binoculars. Sometimes Ill use a large range bag with all the binoculars in their cases and other times I’ll just put the bins in camera cases for easier access to all of them without laying them on benches or the floor. I’ll set set up in a comfortable area and work from the cases. Here’s some pictures of how I usually do it. I don’t have one of that specific day I was testing out the Razor.
Paul
It reminds me, you know, of a lot of movies or series, where the hero is looking for a gun, and meets a dealer who opens the same kind of suitcase, with several models lined up inside... you're a binos dealer !! Lol !I’ll set set up in a comfortable area and work from the cases.
I have never yo my knowledge seen a Kowa in the wildThree birders at the San Diego River (Calif, USA) yesterday.
A Kowa 60mm angled spotting scope on tripod, an older pair of Japanese Porro 7x35s, and an off-brand hand held straight view scope.
I just saw one yesterday. It is rare to see Kowa in the wild in my area too. It was the new BDII XD 42mm.I have never yo my knowledge seen a Kowa in the wild
I am sure you meant 'nature lovers'.This is a very interesting thread to me.
I really like reading about what people actually see in the hands of practicing nature freaks.