Nominate the extraordinary! (1 Viewer)

[Alexis Powell]

Camera :- Nikon FM2n Film Camera.

No way, for 35 mm film SLR it's gotta be Nikon FA over the FM2n for sure. Fight's on! Ah, those were the days.

--AP

 

[eronald]

What are we noninating for Orbital Birding Telescope?

I guess the winner here is REDACTED

Edmund

 

[CharleyBird]

In our wasteful and politically correct age, I'd like to nominate for the 'Green Category' these 8x:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07H6WMPF5?tag=duckduckgo-ffnt-uk-21&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1

 

[CharleyBird]

The 'Cheapest (and most curiously described) new binoculars on Ebay with bidders'

Two bidders for these HD nightvision, zoom, 60x60 (or more likely 25plus x35plus) binoculars, bidding at £2.19

I guess you can see through them at night, but they don't seem to be zoomy, and they might have high definition plastic bits. Contradictory specifications given in French and English

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Professi...2c00:g:1ZsAAOSw~O1eX264&LH_ItemCondition=1000

 

[Troubador]

No way, for 35 mm film SLR it's gotta be Nikon FA over the FM2n for sure. Fight's on! Ah, those were the days.

--AP

Nah!
Canon F1n.
Those certainly were the days and I have a particularly soft spot for Canon's T90 too.

Lee

 

[Troubador]

'Best Binoculars for Fashionable Social-Distancing': Swarovski Crystal 8x20B Tosca.

Lee

 

[eronald]

In our wasteful and politically correct age, I'd like to nominate for the 'Green Category' these 8x:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07H6WMPF5?tag=duckduckgo-ffnt-uk-21&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1

And shockingly they’ll turn out to have a decent image ....

Edmund

 

[Veracocha]

Any of the relatively cheaper Chinese ED bins like Hawke that puts outstanding glass in reach of the man on a budget.

 

[42za]

No way, for 35 mm film SLR it's gotta be Nikon FA over the FM2n for sure. Fight's on! Ah, those were the days.

--AP

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No Fight.

I still use mine , and it is just as good now as when it originally came from the factory all those many years ago.

Yes there are no arguments , most of those old camera's were and are very good , the quality and longevity of the modern plastic wonder camera's cannot compare with them.

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Cheers.

 

[kabsetz]

Head and shoulders above the crowd?

Canon 10x42 stabilised, of course. Optically the equal of any of the best in its class, and with the stabiliser able to show you 30-40% more detail, more easily and faster, than any of them hand-held.

Although I haven't seen it, I'm willing to believe that the Nikon 10x50 WX could be head and shoulders above other 10x binoculars when properly supported.

- Kimmo

 

[Binastro]

Safran Vectronix.
Combination binocular, thermal imager, image intensifier and laser rangefinder.

Big birds orbital could resolve 4 inches at 250 miles, so pretty good for big birds or herring gulls.

Aerial cameras easily showed golf balls from 85,000ft, so good for pigeons.

Modern aerial platforms show anything moving over 10 square kilometres, including gulls and pigeons.

B.

 

[Swissboy]

Pentax 6.5x21 Papilio II for close-range close-up viewing especially.

--AP

agreed!

 

[SimonLS]

No way, for 35 mm film SLR it's gotta be Nikon FA over the FM2n for sure. Fight's on! Ah, those were the days.

--AP

FM3a - all the mechanical advantages of the FM2n plus aperture priority and TTL flash when you're in a hurry.

Agree the FA's a great camera, too.

 

[Foss]

"I still don't understand how they work"
Zeiss 20x60 IS

 

[Kevin Conville]

For the "I have A LOT of time on my hands and Really want to discover the next Comet" category, I nominate the Fujinon 25x150 EM SX ED.

Oh and don't forget the ball mount as they won't work too well w/o it.

 

[dries1]

At the cost of three WXs, I would think the views would be outrageous under a dark sky.

Andy W.

 

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At the cost of three WXs, I would think the views would be outrageous under a dark sky.

Andy W.

Can you imagine those big Fujinon's under the southern skies in New Zealand. Wow! These Sky Rover 150 ED's look pretty nice also on Astromart.

https://astromart.com/classifieds/astromart-classifieds/binoculars/show/sky-rover-150ed-binoculars

 

[Kevin Conville]

At the cost of three WXs, I would think the views would be outrageous under a dark sky.

Andy W.

Yeah about three times the price but at 1963 sq.mm vs 17,671 sq. mm the Fujis have 9x the objective area

Also, it's more like four times the price with the ball mount and heavy enough tripod or pylon included.

 

[Kevin Conville]

For the absolute minimum optic for the "I can't be bothered with carrying more than a Bic pen" category, I nominate the Zeiss Mini Quick 5x10. At .8 oz and barely fatter than a ballpoint pen, it doesn't leave much of an excuse not to carry it. Reversed, it makes for a mighty handy magnifier as well

 

[dries1]

Kevin,

I am sure the views as Dennis stated would be WOW through the Fuji. That is a lot of $$$ though with out the variable eyepiece option, ouch.

Andy W.