Most binoculars are good enough for most of us
a statement many of us, and dealers, deny
edj
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Most binoculars are good enough for most of us
a statement many of us, and dealers, deny
edj
I suppose the other early '90s bino I missed and would have enjoyed, if I'd been paying attention at the time, was the (Dekarem-based) Docter Classic 10x50 that preceded the ugly Nobilem series. But the more I think about that, the more clearly I see the line between using binoculars and collecting them, which I don't really want to be doing.
At least binocular designs are still basically sticking to relevant essentials, and a simple pleasure to use -- a stark contrast to camera design today, not to mention (as Kevin has) cars. If such electronic complexity ever comes to binos, watch the values of classic alphas soar.
That's absolutely a valid point, although for me optics aren't just a means to an end but tools I appreciate in their own right, and expect to last. I'm being a stick in the mud, starting to sound like the old(ish) fogey I never imagined I'd be. Don't even get me started on cars. The pace of technological change has become too fast for me in our society in all kinds of ways, and people even seem convinced that innovation is a good in itself that will magically solve all the problems we're ignoring while we try to keep up with it. (/rant)I'm not so sure I agree on that one - if one looks at camera lenses I don't really see huge demand/soaring values for manual focus lenses (apart from Leica, I guess, many of which are probably purchased by collectors rather than users), although of course prices have risen from what they used to be now that adapters are widely available. If technology and electronics can offer a better, possibly stabillized, image than current alphas in an ergonomic and weather resistant package, bring it on.
That's absolutely a valid point, although for me optics aren't just a means to an end but tools I appreciate in their own right, and expect to last. I'm being a stick in the mud, starting to sound like the old(ish) fogey I never imagined I'd be. Don't even get me started on cars. The pace of technological change has become too fast for me in our society in all kinds of ways, and people even seem convinced that innovation is a good in itself that will magically solve all the problems we're ignoring while we try to keep up with it. (/rant)
I'm not so sure I agree on that one - if one looks at camera lenses I don't really see huge demand/soaring values for manual focus lenses (apart from Leica, I guess, many of which are probably purchased by collectors rather than users), although of course prices have risen from what they used to be now that adapters are widely available. If technology and electronics can offer a better, possibly stabillized, image than current alphas in an ergonomic and weather resistant package, bring it on. One of the other threads mentioned watches - if electronics can offer the same improvement image-wise as quartz or digital watches did in terms of timekeeping, for the same relative price, well...bring it on.
Tenex I was an old fogey before I heard of the term.
Many years ago when I was in my twenties I wrote an article that got published in Motorcycle Sport magazine. It was entitled 'Hope for the Less Ambitious?' and was a protest about the stream of 4 cylinder motorcycles that was flowing out of Japan at the time and the seeming abandoning of twins and singles which I thought still had their place.
I thought it then and think it now: more isn't always better.
Lee
Not to go too off thread, the English had the best handling bikes back then along with BMW, anything from Japan back then, had the worst handling and suspension.
Andy W.
Tenex I was an old fogey before I heard of the term.
Many years ago when I was in my twenties I wrote an article that got published in Motorcycle Sport magazine. It was entitled 'Hope for the Less Ambitious?' and was a protest about the stream of 4 cylinder motorcycles that was flowing out of Japan at the time and the seeming abandoning of twins and singles which I thought still had their place.
I thought it then and think it now: more isn't always better.
Lee
Sweet, Ride that out here and visit me. Bring your bins. (not all of them, you wouldn't have any room left for your gear)
I had a very good friend for many years who rode a big Harley. He would take a little tent and stove and head out from here and just ride down through Eastern Oregon, AZ, NV, New Mexico all by hisself for weeks at a time. He was a huge guy with hair down to the middle of his back and looked exactly like the picture in your mind of a Hells Angel. I gave him those little 7x25 Nikons I traveled with for 20 years that I mentioned a while back. He loved them in the same way I did. He was my best friend here. His son committed suicide and he grew quiet and rode out alone more and more. One day he told me he was leaving. He quit where we were working and now is living as a Buddhist Monk somewhere down in Northern California. I never hear from him. He's gone gone.
Lee,
Mine is an air cooled twin!