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Fascinating Interview with Meopta Product Manager
Good point. What I mostly miss is the good old dogma "form follows function". If you look at how functional u-boot-binoculars from WW2 were designed or even the east german army EDF I miss the same form factor quality today. Modern is no problem by itself. There are many well made mobile phones... -
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Fascinating Interview with Meopta Product Manager
Good to know somebody likes it this way. But I personally never needed thumb indents to hold my binocular. I don't want this debate to become sort of "anti meopta" in any way as my statement was meant to be more general towards almost all manufacturers. As many binoculars (not meoptas) are mass... -
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Fascinating Interview with Meopta Product Manager
The companies might not talk about it but it might be well known by consumers like collectors and such? A bit like the watch industry that shares many factories, parts and movements behind the scenes and you can read about all that in many watch maniac forums. Or the car industry again. You can... -
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Fascinating Interview with Meopta Product Manager
So who exactly gets their stuff today and what please? -
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Fascinating Interview with Meopta Product Manager
I read they build spotting scopes for both Leica and Zeiss. -
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Fascinating Interview with Meopta Product Manager
Technically I consider Meopta to be top notch and fairly priced. And I might very well buy some later one day. I would have considered the B1 but I found it so ugly that I didn't take it. If it only could be a little less "designed". I have to to say this goes for many new binoculars of many... -
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Fascinating Interview with Meopta Product Manager
With all respect the Meostar B1. -
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Fascinating Interview with Meopta Product Manager
Most interesting interview. Thanks. Interesting US-links. Meopta builds very nice high quality and is not overpriced yet. And still made in Europe. A company to watch for sure. I just would like them to be slightly more traditional designed please. A little less "cucumber"-style. But the parts...