Will also be saving up for a tripod and Celestron 15x70. Great fun!!!Ĭan't wait to study the moon this spring through the 8 and 10x bins, after seeing just how awesome it looks through 7x. Have begun opening and cleaning some of the Tritons, one a Mark I, and even blackened the prisms on two of them after reading about the process here and on a Birding site. I've acquired three (3) Tritons, a Rainier 10x50, and a Saratoga 8x40, with only the last two having the desirable attributes mentioned above. This was before the Internet and the auction sites that have such reasonable bargains these days. And I remember how I yearned for a set of 6x30 bins for still hunting the dense woods for whitetails and squirrels. 54 caliber muzzle loader slugs out to 100yds. Those 10x25 Pentax roofs were so awful, I couldn't spot. Heretofore, a dinky pair of Pentax roofs in 10x25 were my only reference point, save for the one UNFORGETTABLE time I gazed through a pair of Swarorski 10x50s at the rifle range, and **** near dropped them! My knees literally went weak. The view out was spectacular, so 3-D, that I didn't hesitate. My addiction only recently began with the purchase of an even older set of Swift Triton 7x35s I found in a local store for the princely sum of $15.
Perhaps it's the psychological reaction to not being permitted to touch/handle my Uncle Eric's pair of Swifts he bought new for hunting, just prior to the family's move from Brooklyn, NY circa 1965.
Just something about them that in my mind screams "Classic Binocular". Just began collecting vintage Japanese bins and have set the rather modest goal of assembling a group of Swift bins from the mid-1960s with the large zebra focus wheels and striped eye pieces. The entire collection including additions can be viewed at: 3 Mark II 6X24 (Australian Army markings)ħ) Voigtländer Braunschweig Prismenglas 6X30ĩ) Carl Zeiss, Jena Feldstecher 6X18 (Australian Army markings)ġ0) Zeiss Jena Telact, 8X24 (WWI Canadian markings) 2 Mk II 6X30 (Australian Army markings)Ħ) Ross, Binocular Prismatic No. 2 Mk II 6X30Ĥ) REL 7X50 (probably CGB 40MA) with BOP Filter Modificationĥ) REL Canada/Universal Camera Corp N.Y. 03 Offizierglas 2nd Model 7X20ģ) Indian Ordnance Factory Calcutta Bino Prism No.
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5 Mk III 7X50ġ1) Voigtländer Braunschweig Fernglas Mod 08, 6X39ġ2) Carl Zeiss Jena, D.F. 03 Offizierglas 2nd Model (Russian Variation) 8X20Ĥ) Leitz Wetzlar beh Dienstglas 10X50 “WA”Ħ) Leitz beh Kriegsmarine (early type ii) 7X50Ĩ) Nottingham Instruments Ltd. Mark 37 9X63ġ0) Carl Zeiss Jena blc, Dienstglas 10X50ģ) C.P. Army Signal Corps EE Type Prism Stereo 6X30Ĥ) Filotecnica Salmoiraghi, Escerito Italiano 8X30Ĩ) U.S. The following have been added to my collection since the last posting onĢ) Bausch & Lomb, Canadian marked Military Stereo 6X30ģ) Bausch & Lomb, U.S. NAVY BU.SHIPS MARK 33, MOD 1 6X30ġ1) Carl Zeiss Jena blc Rm-F 12X60 für Em 4m R40ġ3) ZOMZ (Zagorsk Optical Mechanical Plant) Б 7X50 The following have been added to my collection since the last posting on April 18, 2013:ġ) Avimo Binocular Prismatic, General Purpose (Land Service L12A1) 7X42Ĥ) Hayward U.S. Nr.7 Romanian Contractġ0) Carl Zeiss Jena blc 7X50 Adjustable Rubber Eyecup Model (Gasmask Model)ġ1) Carl Zeiss Jena D.F.7X50 Smooth Ocular Model 7X50 Imperial German Navyĩ) Carl Zeiss Jena D.F. The following have been added to my collection since the last posting on December 26, 2012:ġ) Emil Busch Rathenow Marluxon 7X50 with Finnish MarkingsĢ) Goerz Marine Trieder 6x30 in Green ColorĨ) Voigtländer Braunschweig D.F. My best wishes to the members of this forum for a happy holiday season and a good new year. Once again, thanks to members of this and other forums who have provided new information about the binoculars in the collection. I would appreciate any comments, further information or corrections the members of this forum could provide about these binoculars and my descriptions of them. Hughes & Son Collimator Binocular Mk IIġ1) OIP Gand (Optique et Instruments de Précision, Ghent ) 8X38 The following have been added to my collection since the last posting on July 21, 2012:Ģ) Bausch & Lomb (Japan) Elite Model 6128-43 8X42Ĥ) Emil Busch, Rathenow, Prisma-Binocle “Terlux” 9X36.5ħ) H. Additions to Vintage Binocular Collection
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