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Docter (ex-Zeiss) Classic porros
Thank you for the tip! The irony is that it actually really still looks like new (I think it must have been from a NOS). :) But maybe I should indeed send it in a package to Wim De Boer, including also another old small binocular I wanted to send for some time. I heard only praise about his skills. -
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Docter (ex-Zeiss) Classic porros
Last weekend, I took the Docter 8x30 with me on a walk together with the 8x32 FL. It was not where I most often go, and it was at noon, on a sunny, but very windy day, in open field (not woods). Not very challenging light nor ideal testing conditions… Clearly, and not surprisingly, the FL was... -
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Docter (ex-Zeiss) Classic porros
For most users active on this forum probably not, as we spend time using and discussing mostly véry good or top range binoculars (often not because we really need them, though we sincerely enjoy them). But for many other casual birders/nature lovers who would in any case not spend more than... -
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Docter (ex-Zeiss) Classic porros
Some further info: To put it into perspective in the 8x30-32 range: they are not up to my FL 8x32 (optically and mechanically), obviously, but I would have been very happy as a teenager to discover nature with those rather than the old Tasco's that I borrowed back then. I compared them with the... -
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Docter (ex-Zeiss) Classic porros
I have a Docter classic 8x30 porro and quite like them. They don't have a neutral colour rendering (rather a bit yellowish, but much less than expected from reading about old bins). They are sharp, and also much brighter than I expected. The fact that there is a sticker on the box mentioning...