Ingle1970
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Zeiss 6x42 Skipper. (1 Viewer)
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Loud Green Man
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I had a chance to purchase a mint pair for a lot less than that recently (£1,500) but they were grey and not the funky seafoam green-like version!
I only let them pass as my eyes are too old to benefit from the “set focus in each tube at middle distance and forget further adjustment”.
LGM
I only let them pass as my eyes are too old to benefit from the “set focus in each tube at middle distance and forget further adjustment”.
LGM
Ingle1970
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Arthur,
Final price at end of bidding remained at £3000.
Not a bad price for the vendor, apart from the fee’s of course!…
Regards.
There is no 'seafoam green-like' version. That is just the famous Zeiss green colour-cast misleading you
Lee
Being serious for a moment, I have seen photos of blue Skippers and grey Skippers, but on the few occasions when I have seen 'thumbnail' pics of green Skippers, when the pic was opened to full size I could see it was just another grey unit.There is no 'seafoam green-like' version. That is just the famous Zeiss green colour-cast misleading you
Lee
Has there really ever been a genuinely green Skipper?
Lee
Vespobuteo
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Not a trace of CA from what I can see.
What's the FOV on these?
More than the 150 m on the 7x42 Dialyt?
Not a fan of gray binoculars, but I love the clean and sculptural Dialyt design and the color actually work in this case.
EDIT. Found the FOV, 148m.
Sold for £3000, not bad.
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John A Roberts
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The basic spec's for the 6x42 Dialyt are shown in a page from Henry. And those for the 7x42 and 8x56 versions in a page from from Arek at Allbinos.
The 6x42 shared a simple eyepiece with the 8x56 version, and the 7x42 had a more complex one.
For a lot more info and images see: Zeiss Dialyt 6x42B - Binoculars - Cloudy Nights
John
And see some more info at: CARL ZEISS 6x42BGAT*P DIALYT SKIPPER
The 6x42 shared a simple eyepiece with the 8x56 version, and the 7x42 had a more complex one.
For a lot more info and images see: Zeiss Dialyt 6x42B - Binoculars - Cloudy Nights
John
And see some more info at: CARL ZEISS 6x42BGAT*P DIALYT SKIPPER
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PeterPS
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I have followed that auction---the seller is a friend of mine and of course he was pleased with the final price: it might be the highest price ever paid for this bino. There is a 6x42 on a German website, asking price 1790eur, the seller is open to offers and might accept 1500, which imo is a more reasonable price for this bino. If anyone is interested I can post the link.
William Lewis
Wishing birdwatching paid the bills.
That would look just just perfect on the bridge of a Nordhavn N 41.
Ingle1970
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Personally, I’m sticking with the old adage of never meeting one’s heroes…
tenex
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I had never seen a Skipper before, but there are two more currently on ebay, strange. And they all have had the rubber objective covers cut off. Apparently these were unpopular? What did people do then without a case? The late-80s 15x60 I sold a while ago was the only Zeiss I've seen that still had them.
Ingle1970
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Strange?, on the contrary, supply and demand.
If I had one I would also sell for that kind of money, I’m not sentimental over a set of bin’s.
Loud Green Man
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Cut off by Zeiss as they reference “West Germany” when selling off old stock post reunification or split and broke away due to constant flexing?
Looking at how they appear to project through a neatly punched/molded opening in the rubber armouring I would think that if Zeiss still have stock a new pair of objective covers could be re-fitted as was intended.
LGM
Looking at how they appear to project through a neatly punched/molded opening in the rubber armouring I would think that if Zeiss still have stock a new pair of objective covers could be re-fitted as was intended.
LGM
Gijs van Ginkel
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The objective covers were of very bad quality so I also cut them off immediately.
Gijs van Ginkel
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Hermann
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Interesting. I've got some experience with such objective covers (Zeiss 7x50 porro, Zeiss 30x60 scope, Hensoldt 8x30 IF) and didn't have any problems. Seems like Zeiss chose a weaker kind of rubber for the coverings of the Skipper.
Hermann
Thotmosis
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I did the same with the covers of my 15x60, after one came half loose I cut them both off.
Loud Green Man
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You guys are just so out there!
LGM
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