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Kershaw Monarch 12x40

Mom 7x50

This Kershaw is another good optical performer, staying sharp to around 70% of the field, nice wide...

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Uploaded on Jun 24, 2009

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These Hungarian 7x50's made by Mom are bright , narrow in field of view but sharp to around 70% of...

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Uploaded on Jun 3, 2009

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Magna 6x30 8º

Air spaced porro2

I have never heard of this manufacturer but this little binocular is a gem. Bright wide angle...

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Uploaded on May 31, 2009

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Air spaced prisms found in the Ross Stepmur.

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Uploaded on May 29, 2009

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Ross Stepmur 10x50

Barr and Stroud CF10 6x30

This is the Ross Stepmur, a Porro 2 binocular, fully coated and using air spaced prisms as apposed...

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Uploaded on May 29, 2009

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This Scottish binocular had fairly poor performance with coated lenses and prisms, although very...

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Uploaded on May 19, 2009

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Bushnell xtra wide 4x21

Swift Trilite 7x35

This unusual binocular uses mirrors and prisms to create a ultra wide field of view of 900 ft at...

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Uploaded on May 18, 2009

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This little Swift Roof prism was given to me by a friend at work and was well out of alignment after...

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Uploaded on May 18, 2009

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Russian 6x30

Ross Steplawe 8x30

This is a later version of the Russian field glass looking very Zeiss like and having great optical...

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Uploaded on May 18, 2009

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A fairly rare Ross 8x30 with individual eye focus and field of view the same as the...

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Uploaded on Apr 29, 2009

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Barr and Stroud cf41 7x50

Barr and Stroud CF41 filter disc

This is the Naval lookout binocular, the Barr and Stroud CF41. This binocular had suffered prism...

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Uploaded on Apr 21, 2009

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This is the internal filter system inside the Barr and Stroud CF41.

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Uploaded on Apr 21, 2009

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Rejoined Porro prism 2

Seperated Porro Prism 2

After jigging the two prisms to a perfect 90º the prisms are glued with UV glass glue. The result is...

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Uploaded on Apr 21, 2009

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The Porro prism 2 design is prone to damage due to it's high mass and unsupported areas. The brown...

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Uploaded on Apr 21, 2009

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Carl Zeiss DF6x30 1913

Zomz early military 6x30

An early Zeiss binocular with sharp image although fairly narrow in field. The large knurled...

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Uploaded on Apr 20, 2009

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This binocular was bought on eBay for £10 as there was no visible identification marked on them....

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Uploaded on Apr 17, 2009

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Carl Zeiss Deltrintem 8x30 1988

N L Bino prism N.o 5 7x30

This is a late Zeiss Deltrintem with the T3M coatings and latter Silk Screening on the right...

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Uploaded on Apr 9, 2009

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Common WW II binocular using the porro 2 system and prone to prism damage (as this one has). Despite...

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Uploaded on Apr 6, 2009

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