fleurviola
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BTW, I'm a new member; this is my first post.
I need someone to explain to me how the binocular industry has come to a stage where the production of really fine porro prism instruments have faded away, where even nice mid-level binos like the Nikon E II are getting harder to find? A Nikon E 8x30, which I bought new for my wife over 20 years ago, is still giving great views. There are so many advantages to porros - important among them the illusion of three dimensional space - which IMO just can't be bettered by a roof instrument, except perhaps in the most expensive of them. If Zeiss or Swarovski took the pains to produce a great porro-based bin, I have a feeling it would blow their present instruments out of the water. Can someone kindly explain why a more efficient, easier to make, in my view superior, optical system is being lost?
I need someone to explain to me how the binocular industry has come to a stage where the production of really fine porro prism instruments have faded away, where even nice mid-level binos like the Nikon E II are getting harder to find? A Nikon E 8x30, which I bought new for my wife over 20 years ago, is still giving great views. There are so many advantages to porros - important among them the illusion of three dimensional space - which IMO just can't be bettered by a roof instrument, except perhaps in the most expensive of them. If Zeiss or Swarovski took the pains to produce a great porro-based bin, I have a feeling it would blow their present instruments out of the water. Can someone kindly explain why a more efficient, easier to make, in my view superior, optical system is being lost?