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Binocular Tests - What is available.



I have been reading many of the binocular tests that I have seen available in
my searches.
I do have some opinions, and I found the Alula reports, done by Kimmo Absetz, were done very well, and I am thinking others would like them to continue on.

Also for historic, the Better View Desired is a great resource.

I have looked at the Kikkert tests, but the translate does not help me, so I can
not read the results.

Allbinos, the Polish site does publish, but is often behind, and does not have
the 8x42.
Europa, recently posted a large publication, and I found that one useful, and
well done.

Anyone else, are there any other tests to offer to the bino. lovers here.

Jerry


[QUOTE=NDhunter;2075369] Anyone else, are there any other tests to offer to the bino. lovers here. Jerry[/QUOTE]

Holger Merlitz's reviews and comparative analyses are among the very finest. You may not be interested in many of the bins he has worked with, but you will appreciate his methods:

http://www.holgermerlitz.de/

Fan Tao has some excellent analyses of important vintage bins, especially wide-angle ones. His site is worth exploring just to learn about all of the great bins of the past that are now neglected.

http://binofan.co.cc/

Several other collectors have posted images of their collections online, though they usually do not have accompanying discussions about their construction or function. Many other sites have information on military bins, history of bins, and other aspects of the subject.


I enjoy the Italian Binomania, not technical, but savvy and up to date. Many of the reviews have English versions. If needed, the computer translations from Italian are slightly less horrific than those from Finnish.
Ron

Edited note: Well, ok, it is pretty bad. The worst thing is when the translation comes out saying the opposite of what you think it should!


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