Elpha8888
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"The Zeiss Zeiss Victory T*P* 40mm was their flagship model when it came onto the market. It was the successor of the Dialyt 10x40 BGAT*P. There were four major criticisms of this model: The new strap attachments, the armour, problems with glare and CA. Within two years Zeiss changed the strap attachments back to a more traditional strap attachment and changed the baffles. People who complained about the strap attachment could have their binoculars modified. Zeiss then changed the baffles as well."The Zeiss Zeiss Victory T*P* 40mm was their flagship model when it came onto the market. It was the successor of the Dialyt 10x40 BGAT*P. There were four major criticisms of this model: The new strap attachments, the armour, problems with glare and CA. Within two years Zeiss changed the strap attachments back to a more traditional strap attachment and changed the baffles. People who complained about the strap attachment could have their binoculars modified. Zeiss then changed the baffles as well.
That model was short-lived BTW, it was replaced by the FL with much better CA correction and different armour.
See above. BTW, the original grey SF, the successor of the FL, also had (at least) two major changes shortly after its introduction: The focuser was modified, and shortly after Zeiss changed the armour to the current black one.
I did not say you were unhappy with your NL. You indicated that you were unhappy with a manufacturer supposedly making changes to a model within a short period of time after releasing it. I explained this sort thing happens quite regularly. And it does.
"Impending explosion"? You got that wrong, yet again ... š
Good for you ... š
Hermann
Hallelujah!
So after all of that we have a 1950s Zeiss with two changes, strap position and baffles within two years, which I'll take your word for btw and criticisms are not changes.
It doesn't imo compare to the updates mentioned that may have happened to the NL. These were seriously major updates that were kept under the radar? hence my "surprise"!
"Not really. I rather think you're miffed because you paid a lot of money for a binocular only to find Swarovski may have made some changes quite soon after releasing it. Whether they actually did remains to be seen."
Not at all miffed, I've said over and over I'm utterly impressed with my specimen. I have only praised the NL on this thread. My NL is also recent so the changes would be irrelevant to mine. I have it's birthdate from Swarovski.
I'm not sure where you are finding my negativity for the NL from?
"I did not say you were unhappy with your NL. You indicated that you were unhappy with a manufacturer supposedly making changes to a model within a short period of time after releasing it. I explained this sort thing happens quite regularly. And it does."
No, I did not indicate I was unhappy with the manufacturer, I said I was surprised.
I also agreed that manufacturers make changes and that I would be surprised if the updates Tim mentioned with the NL were implemented by Swarovski, hence me asking for some examples after you said manufacturers do this all the time.
This led us on a goose chase to the 1950s Zeiss that had a strap change and a baffle update. If you think that is comparable then so be it, I still do not and I will remain "surprised" if Swarovski updated these NLs as mentioned.
Best wishes
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