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  1. tenex

    Perhaps another game changer

    Do you still have lots of wolves then, or if not, how does game management work? (I know this is getting off topic but have never heard about it before.)
  2. tenex

    Perhaps another game changer

    Well put. I think that's the confusion here. This really does remind me of sixty years ago in the US. Binoculars just became popular, and you look at what you have. Even cities can look more interesting to recent arrivals. Perhaps you also think of trips that in reality you will seldom...
  3. tenex

    Perhaps another game changer

    We should take a moment to consider that with a name like "Banner Cloud" (possibly patriotic?) these are surely targeting the Chinese domestic market, as not yet having worked out export terms also indicates. So SRBC tells us as much about the evolving taste of Chinese consumers as...
  4. tenex

    Perhaps another game changer

    The wide FOV and flat field, which beg comparison with NL not Monarch... and raise the question why Nikon or Kamakura haven't attempted something similar yet. To which I could add: "The Banner Cloud 8 x 42 Apo also impressed me with its very decent stereopsis when viewing complex targets in...
  5. tenex

    Perhaps another game changer

    For any reason they please, of course. There is nothing more boring than talking about who has more money than whom and how they choose to spend it. There is no generally valid conclusion to be drawn as to when "the gap has been closed" or where "diminishing returns" end etc, just individual...
  6. tenex

    Perhaps another game changer

    How has Sky Rover designed the Banner Clouds: have they found a new way to copy details of Swarovski optical design, or just run computer simulations equivalent to those Swarovski was able to X years ago? What would make them "not as bright in very low light conditions": presumably a...
  7. tenex

    Perhaps another game changer

    Anyone not already rolling their eyes at this has not sought the origin of the quotation (although the source should by now be easy to guess). Which is to say that it's quite typical of this forum, since ultimately choices are a matter of personal taste and judgment -- which somehow become...
  8. tenex

    Perhaps another game changer

    I for one would be very curious to try the view from a wide-angle eyepiece that didn't strain also to get 18mm ER.
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