Lee,
Nicely said.
Have we had any user reports on the quality of the view with the SFx32?
Edmund
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x32 SF (1 Viewer)
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Lee,
Nicely said.
Have we had any user reports on the quality of the view with the SFx32?
Edmund
Yeah, that should be qualified for Made in Germany.:smoke:Or rather we will get sold the same binoculars without the "Zeiss" sticker, minus Schott glass prisms, in a different color scheme, from the same production line.
According to EU rules, adding the Zeiss sticker in Germany, cleaning the lenses and putting the product in a box probably counts as "final assembly in Germany"
Edmund
As regard to the X32 name, I'm afraid it has already been used by Bosma X 32/42.
I'm sorry it's also Chinese.
https://ifworlddesignguide.com/search?search=binoculars#/pages/page/entry/282143-bosma-x-binocular
I'm sorry it's also Chinese.
https://ifworlddesignguide.com/search?search=binoculars#/pages/page/entry/282143-bosma-x-binocular
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pbjosh
missing the neotropics
Maybe we should wait till the Chinese copy it and then we can get it for 1/3 the price.3
It’s been a few years and I am not aware of any clones of the 8x42 SF from any manufacturer at any price...
PYRTLE
Old Berkshire Boy
Not here in the UK - the 42mm SF is currently c.£250 more expensive than the Swarovski 42mm equivalent. Why do you feel the Zeiss will be cheaper than the Swaovski EL /SV 8 x 32?
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Different country, different price scheme.
In China, Swarovski is MUCH more expensive than Zeiss.
Especially in used market, Swarovski can be 50% more expensive than Zeiss.
For example, a used 8.5X42 EL FP can be sold for 15000-17000 RMB, while a Zeiss 8x42 SF only 9000-11000. That's very interesting.
Thanks to a fellow member for this:
https://www.facebook.com/ZEISSBirding/videos/813244725817682/
Lee
https://www.facebook.com/ZEISSBirding/videos/813244725817682/
Lee
PYRTLE
Old Berkshire Boy
Perhaps something along the lines of the Swarovski dg or camera scope (lighter than before), quite adventurous advert for just a smaller SF.
Yes, we got a few shops here.
Available at retail in May. This is now official.
The ad says it has good color and a wide field. Maybe good color means less green, or better prisms or something. They'd better have something to make them be worth 3x the price of the excellent Conquest 8x32.
The NDAs have lapsed. Talk!
Edmund
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John A Roberts
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Initial Display Page for SF x32
On the Zeiss International site there is a page for the both the SF 42 and the SF 32
If you scroll down to the heading 'Extremely wide field of view' it mentions that depending on the model, the FOV is between 120m and 155m
(as we know the x42’s are 120m and 148m)
And at this point it shows animated exploded views of what appears to be the x32 model
Further down the page it states that the x42’s have 92% transmission and the x32’s 90% transmission
It’s at: https://www.zeiss.com/consumer-prod...s/binoculars/section-features-victory-sf.html
John
On the Zeiss International site there is a page for the both the SF 42 and the SF 32
If you scroll down to the heading 'Extremely wide field of view' it mentions that depending on the model, the FOV is between 120m and 155m
(as we know the x42’s are 120m and 148m)
And at this point it shows animated exploded views of what appears to be the x32 model
Further down the page it states that the x42’s have 92% transmission and the x32’s 90% transmission
It’s at: https://www.zeiss.com/consumer-prod...s/binoculars/section-features-victory-sf.html
John
QUOTE=dries1;3965003]The objective on the 32 looks like it is at the terminus of the tube, no external baffling?
Andy W.[/QUOTE]
Andy, given the brief view you get of the objective it is difficult to see but I took a quick screen shot at a strategic moment and you can see the objective is well-inset.
Lee
Andy W.[/QUOTE]
Andy, given the brief view you get of the objective it is difficult to see but I took a quick screen shot at a strategic moment and you can see the objective is well-inset.
Lee
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