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Problem with green coating of EL SV 8x32
I agree this was not clear, I have edited my post to clarify (post #339). -
Problem with green coating of EL SV 8x32
Not really important, but the comments that I posted were made by a person from the Eng Dept of Swaro (Absam, Austria), not by Dale (who is a nice fellow and an avid birder but not a technical person). -
Problem with green coating of EL SV 8x32
To answer a question (addressed to Paultricounty, see post 330) about a possible Swaro contact: Dale Forbes, Head of Strategic Business Development at Swarovski Optik, is a member of BF: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daleforbes/?originalSubdomain=at... -
Problem with green coating of EL SV 8x32
Correct! my rough guess was pretty accurate...... -
Problem with green coating of EL SV 8x32
A simple estimate of the age of a Swaro binocular can be obtained from the amount of paint loss on the hinge edges, which is caused by rubbing such as when the bino is used bandolier style (by this method the bino in the above pics should be at least 20y old......). I believe this issue is also... -
Problem with green coating of EL SV 8x32
Below are excerpts from my correspondence with Swaro (from Aug 2020). As one can see Swaro engineers have been aware of the problems of FP/NL armor for at least 3 years, but it seems they have not found a solution yet, or perhaps they do not consider that a change is necessary.. My questions: I... -
Problem with green coating of EL SV 8x32
That's the kind of effect the BF threads have on some of its members: you have never noticed CA? read some posts here and you will see the fringes. not aware of RB (rolling ball/bowl)? info in some threads here will tell you how to notice it and get dizzy. you don't know anything about SA...