JumbleDuck
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Also sold as Seago. I got one as a Christmas present last year. It's OK for the money, but the optics make a very sad comparison indeed with my CZJ monocular.
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Also sold as Seago. I got one as a Christmas present last year. It's OK for the money, but the optics make a very sad comparison indeed with my CZJ monocular.
Hydrozoan
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Well, remained Carl Zeiss Jena might perhaps be more accurate? That's the stamp on a pair of WWI Marineglas 6x's I have - see similar here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ANTIQUE-WWI-GERMAN-MILITARY-CARL-ZEISS-JENA-MARINEGLAS-ARTILLERY-BINOCULARS-CASE-/170950142382?_trksid=p2054897.l4276
JumbleDuck
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I have a feeling that pre-WW2 everything was "Carl Zeiss (Jena)" and that "Carl Zeiss" was the new setup afterwards, so yes, you are probably right.
Nico
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Yes, but he could keep warm in the Arctic with only a duffel coat.
Seashoreman
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I must say I think you are much more cleverer for being able to type cyrillic. I have almost identical bins as OP but mine say BNU (in cyrillic script), so that is different. Also states 'Made in USSR' and a mini logo with cccp in it.I thought I was being clever by noticing the БПВ mark in cyrillic - BPV in roman - indicating a Russian origin or at least somewhere nearby. Then the next picture said "Made in USSR"
There are various BPV binoculars for sale on eBay for about thirty quid.
Pete
I have used these in all weathers and lights up and down the North Sea and prefer them to anything else I have tried and bought. Kept under sprayhood also. They came in a rigid leather holster with orange and green filters which I have never bothered with. I do have to remove my glasses to use, which can be dodgy in a sea.
Greenheart
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actionoptics
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Same model with different name available from me , Action Optics, and much better price.
Twister_Ken
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Now - if you really want to go for the Jack Hawkins look you'll have to buy your own sea boots, duffle coat and white polo neck jumper, then accessorise them with these…
http://www.trinitymarine.co.uk/canadian-rel-1945-7-x-50-binoculars-rel-binos?filter_name=binoculars
http://www.trinitymarine.co.uk/canadian-rel-1945-7-x-50-binoculars-rel-binos?filter_name=binoculars
prv
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Not really. I just click on the Union Jack in my menu bar to reveal a dropdown menu with "British" selected, and pick "Russian - Phonetic" instead (at which point the flag changes to a Russian one). Then all the keys type a broadly similar-sounding Cyrillic letter instead of a Roman one, allowing for a few oddities where a sound is missing from one or the other and for the fact that Cyrillic has more letters so has to co-opt some of the punctuation keys.
Of course, this relies on my Mac having been properly set up to type Cyrillic in the first place. The iPad and iPhone have similar facilities as well. I wouldn't have a clue how to do it on Linux, and I haven't used Windows as a "daily drive" since 2002.
Pete
Hydrozoan
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What a faff! Grandpa’s ARP helmet and waistcoat, one of your white summer shirts and a bit of braid from the back of the sofa and you can go as Noel Coward.
http://www.flickchart.com/blog/criterion-commentaries-in-which-we-serve/
GHA
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Since we're all gathered round...
I got a set of these in China for about 70 quid.. http://m.aliexpress.com/item/618427747.html#description
(scroll down a bit to see them)
Did I get ripped off do you think? Optically they seem good. I'm happy enough.
But on the case it says 10 x 50 but the field of view says the same as the one on the Web at 132m at 1000m,think they're actually 7 x 50?
Edit. Silly me, why not try the next to the old pair from a chandlers, depth of field seem the same, probably are 7 x 50 then. Hat a difference from the old ones though, like someone turned light on and the high definition.
I got a set of these in China for about 70 quid.. http://m.aliexpress.com/item/618427747.html#description
(scroll down a bit to see them)
Did I get ripped off do you think? Optically they seem good. I'm happy enough.
But on the case it says 10 x 50 but the field of view says the same as the one on the Web at 132m at 1000m,think they're actually 7 x 50?
Edit. Silly me, why not try the next to the old pair from a chandlers, depth of field seem the same, probably are 7 x 50 then. Hat a difference from the old ones though, like someone turned light on and the high definition.
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Twister_Ken
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Hydrozoan
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I'm struggling with those, despite having a tiny ancient monocular (early Zeiss Jena 4x20, all 3" of it) very firmly to my bad eye 
But a happy Noel to you - so long as we don't end up at the same fancy dress do!
But a happy Noel to you - so long as we don't end up at the same fancy dress do!
Simondjuk
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I just checked and my Steiner Navi Pros with compass weigh 1138 grams including the flotation strap and are easily used one handed. Those who think they're too heavy to use comfortably must be rather feeble.
Ruffles
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Look identical to the Aldi ones that have been on sale a couple of times for £50 and sold under various brands in the chandleries for rather more.
E.g. http://www.allgadgets.co.uk/marine/pc/Seago-7x50-Compass-Binocular-BM750C-p396.htm?gclid=CLKWvPDho7sCFcUSwwodiXoAtg
I think they're amazing. They gather a lot of light - so much so that at night I can pick out unlit objects in the water that I can't see with the naked eye.
I got two pairs. One has better alignment than the other. Probably best to try cheap binoculars in the shop.
The compass is way better than my plastimo hand bearing compass.
Greenheart
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I'm persuaded, thanks. My venerable old Zeiss lenses can be for clifftop walks, I'll keep waterproof compass bins in the boat. :encouragement: