Chosun, when I asked, "What were those threads?" I also meant, what were they about, what happened, etc! I have tracked back your posts and found the locked one.
About the smaller-objective models, you say in post #1 up here, "too physically small for my comfort". Sorry I missed, and now see, the importance of the word "physically" there.
In your post(#5) replying mine you say, "I would prefer it to be 600-650grams, sharper, across an even wider field, have better transmission and colours at the extremes, with better ER, and glare handling - so quite a lot could be improved !" The only response I could imagine, from the manufrs. and all of us, is, "Sure, but how?" Had you spend some of those Australian pesos on some Australian tequila! And in your next post(#6) you firmly bring that weight down to 580 grams, but then sober up and say, "It looks like what I want doesn't yet exist, and may not for quite a while unless I have it specially made..." Seems what you want, with your very unusual personal needs, is a longer, slightly lighter Zeiss SF 32 or a much lighter SF 42. And this is leaving aside your price limit of less than Nikon Monarch HG!
With a bit of web browsing I find that of the models cited by Binastro, all old, all porro, probably not waterproof, the Optolyth Osirises had a lot of plastic and Hensoldts had external central focusing (where the eyepieces move). Were those Hensoldts as tough as today's Zeisses? Apart from the effort needed by the manufrs., I repeat, not many consumers really want light weight! Indeed some prefer heavy. While on that browse, came across a BirdForum post by Binastro where he recommends a handy tree to steady the Optolyth Osiris!
Yes, watching, or experiencing, or observing, nature without binoculars can lead to "an increase in attunement of other senses." But also, on the contrary, binoculars can help in that, by enabling a person to better co-relate the sounds and wider visual cues of the ecosystem to what we see in (more) detail through them. The best field observers of the present day, many of them pretty crack at bird id. by sight and sound, have all, or nearly all, grown up with binoculars. In giving up these (in your opinion) sub-optimally designed gadgets you give up a lot more!
Chosun, I do understand your disappointment. I, too, had unusual needs/wants for a long time, in my case, unlike yours, a bit quirky and obstinate, but I then had perfect relief with the miracle appearance of the Zeiss Victory Pocket 4 years back. Let's hope you soon find at least a compromise with today's tech, or full contentment with some new, unforeseen distance-viewing system!
Re your comments on John's award-winning work: (a) The shaft does not change length. (b) Yes, there is a threaded sleeve and rod system there. It's for factory adjustment of the length of the focus shaft. (c) The outer tube is a slide guide for the shaft. It's located within the body as seen in Fig.13 of that document. Geometry at the eyepiece end is solved by a swivel arrangement 71+72, Fig.12.
John, thank you for that! There is an English description. Here is the link I used. Chosun, the figures are seen in the PDF version there (with German text).
About the smaller-objective models, you say in post #1 up here, "too physically small for my comfort". Sorry I missed, and now see, the importance of the word "physically" there.
In your post(#5) replying mine you say, "I would prefer it to be 600-650grams, sharper, across an even wider field, have better transmission and colours at the extremes, with better ER, and glare handling - so quite a lot could be improved !" The only response I could imagine, from the manufrs. and all of us, is, "Sure, but how?" Had you spend some of those Australian pesos on some Australian tequila! And in your next post(#6) you firmly bring that weight down to 580 grams, but then sober up and say, "It looks like what I want doesn't yet exist, and may not for quite a while unless I have it specially made..." Seems what you want, with your very unusual personal needs, is a longer, slightly lighter Zeiss SF 32 or a much lighter SF 42. And this is leaving aside your price limit of less than Nikon Monarch HG!
With a bit of web browsing I find that of the models cited by Binastro, all old, all porro, probably not waterproof, the Optolyth Osirises had a lot of plastic and Hensoldts had external central focusing (where the eyepieces move). Were those Hensoldts as tough as today's Zeisses? Apart from the effort needed by the manufrs., I repeat, not many consumers really want light weight! Indeed some prefer heavy. While on that browse, came across a BirdForum post by Binastro where he recommends a handy tree to steady the Optolyth Osiris!
Yes, watching, or experiencing, or observing, nature without binoculars can lead to "an increase in attunement of other senses." But also, on the contrary, binoculars can help in that, by enabling a person to better co-relate the sounds and wider visual cues of the ecosystem to what we see in (more) detail through them. The best field observers of the present day, many of them pretty crack at bird id. by sight and sound, have all, or nearly all, grown up with binoculars. In giving up these (in your opinion) sub-optimally designed gadgets you give up a lot more!
Chosun, I do understand your disappointment. I, too, had unusual needs/wants for a long time, in my case, unlike yours, a bit quirky and obstinate, but I then had perfect relief with the miracle appearance of the Zeiss Victory Pocket 4 years back. Let's hope you soon find at least a compromise with today's tech, or full contentment with some new, unforeseen distance-viewing system!
Re your comments on John's award-winning work: (a) The shaft does not change length. (b) Yes, there is a threaded sleeve and rod system there. It's for factory adjustment of the length of the focus shaft. (c) The outer tube is a slide guide for the shaft. It's located within the body as seen in Fig.13 of that document. Geometry at the eyepiece end is solved by a swivel arrangement 71+72, Fig.12.
John, thank you for that! There is an English description. Here is the link I used. Chosun, the figures are seen in the PDF version there (with German text).
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