Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/09
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On 8 Jun 97 at 10:00, Colin wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm looking for a good pair of binoculars for looking at targets on a
> rifle range. Something in the 8-10 power, possibly with a rangefinder
> reticle would be good. Leica is obviously the brand of choice. This is
> primarily for air rifle so I'm probably not going to be looking more
> than 100 yards, 50 mostly. The binoculars the have caught my eye so far
> have been the older 'classics'-- pre-war through the sixties. I'm not
> too familiar with the older model designations. Could anyone give me a
> short summary of the models, and how they compare with the similar Zeiss
> models? Any recommendations?
Assuming you have a soft spot for odd optics like most of us: there
is a hard to find, but very nice electro mechanical gyroscopic
binoculars available from Russian sources. 12x40, and with a rock
steady image where the Zeiss 20x60S (passive mechanic) as well as
the Canon 15x45 IS (electronic) can only dream of, and much, much
cheaper (US$500).
I bought one about two years ago, and finally sold it to a big Dutch
monocular collector. He only had a few binoculars in his collection,
but he just had to have this one....that same soft spot I guess....;-))
If hope to have a chance to look through a 'Fraser'(?) gyroscopic night
vision binocular in a few weeks....anyone ever heard of this
(military) brand? Demo will be on a ship on high sea....:-))
- --
Bye,
Willem-Jan Markerink
The desire to understand
is sometimes far less intelligent than
the inability to understand
<w.j.markerink@a1.nl>
[note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!]