=£30 per week in reality.
(Presumably £3 per week if wife is asking!)
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Why is buying and collecting binoculars so addictive. (2 Viewers)
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(Presumably £3 per week if wife is asking!)
Will K
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Oh my goodness. Leica sure knows how to design a beautiful camera. Little works of art.
tenex
reality-based
By the time you stick those EVFs onto digital Ms it's the same experience as any mirrorless camera today, not "rangefinder" at all.
I think it could be fun to own the 1631 Barker/Lucas edition.
Paultricounty
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As well as binoculars and spotting scopes.
The BulbMogul
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Well Hasselblad sure makes a pleasing looking Medium Format Camera System too.. This was a limited edition X1D 4116 in Matt Black caught my eye..
While Hasseblad is top quality...I don't believe they would ever win any design awards for appearance. Chunky is the adjective that comes to mind, whereas Leica's typically are more...refined or elegant in appearance. But - in essence who cares? Isn't it the image produced by the camera and user that makes us think of the camera itself as ...beautiful?😁Well Hasselblad sure makes a pleasing looking Medium Format Camera System too.. This was a limited edition X1D 4116 in Matt Black caught my eye..
The BulbMogul
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I guess the beauty is in the eye of the beholder..! Yah Leica just has that LOOK and I do agree.....
The BulbMogul
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Simple lines seem to comfort us - psychologically. It is a deep dive potential discussion, but in other "art forms" a common rule. I am a woodturner and the theme of simple lines, and un-broken curves seems to reign among the best turners in the world.
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Will K
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I might have bought a Leica camera this year, when I had a bit of money to spare, but the amazing zoom capabilities of the Nikon P1000 convinced me to go with that instead. The Nikon is certainly incredible for the features it provides. Its not ugly, but its not Leica, that's for sure.
Binocollector
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Original Gutenberg Bible would be nice. Costs around a million € though
if one ever pops up for sale at all.So I am mainly concentrated on getting as many different German translations as I can find.
Will K
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Sorry for the side-track 😁 Me too.
CharleyBird
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When I win the Euromillions tonight I'll be buying a Hasselblad X2D plus 'a few' lenses 😉.
A dozen binoculars is (certainly for practical purposes) more than enough, in fact I reckon a select four would do for me.
Getting to my ideal handful of instruments took some experimentation and time, during which the fascination and addiction hit. The journey continues...
A dozen binoculars is (certainly for practical purposes) more than enough, in fact I reckon a select four would do for me.
Getting to my ideal handful of instruments took some experimentation and time, during which the fascination and addiction hit. The journey continues...
tenex
reality-based
Just looked this up; there were translations into German(ic) as early as the fourth century, and from the Greek. I always thought the medieval Church insisted on Latin, recited by priests.
There used to be a bit of overlap, in eyepiece adapters for SLR camera lenses. I remember Leitz used to make one, but they must have disappeared long ago.
Binocollector
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Okay.
Random hoard of binos.
And the ones I currently use are always right next to me:
I agree hobbies are critical to a happy life! When I was a kid, I knew I wanted to be a scientist when I grew up. Later, I found out you basically have to go to school until your early 30's to be a pro scientist....I hated school. I found out you could get a 4-year engineering degree and be done with school forever at age 22 so that's what I did. (now I realize you don't even have to do that...many of the world's most successful people quit school a lot earlier).
It took me longer to realize I could still be a scientist, as much as I wanted. It would be ideal to have a job you love so much you don't need anything else, but most of us don't have that.
It took me longer to realize I could still be a scientist, as much as I wanted. It would be ideal to have a job you love so much you don't need anything else, but most of us don't have that.
Binocollector
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No, that's just the fuel for the small indoor "fireplace" that's on top of the cupboard.
I have a few more stored in other places, plus the astrophotography equipment currently stored in the attic and a dobsonian 8" stored in the basement. But I rarely use it. I prefer binos for stargazing. But if I wanna have a closer look at the planets, the dobsonian gets some use.
