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Should I do it? SLC 10x42 (1 Viewer)
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Read post #19. I am not nitpicking on the SLC's. I have had a lot of them and I have had more issues with focusers with them than any other binocular I have had, even MIC binoculars.
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Dennis...I frequently go thru binoculars or cameras (optics) and enjoy the knowledge I gain from this experience. I turn them around and re-sell to purchase something else. Sometimes I will order in a used pair of optics from B and H and experiment with the unit and return it. I never play with new gear like that but used gear, I have no issue with. But the gaining of knowledge as I compare optics is fun...a hobby in itself
I agree that it's none of my business, but I am curious how you manage to do so many comparisons. Buying and selling that many would cost you a lot of money, buying and returning that many would cost someone else a lot of money.
I do the same. For me, it is fun trying different binoculars.Dennis...I frequently go thru binoculars or cameras (optics) and enjoy the knowledge I gain from this experience. I turn them around and re-sell to purchase something else. Sometimes I will order in a used pair of optics from B and H and experiment with the unit and return it. I never play with new gear like that but used gear, I have no issue with. But the gaining of knowledge as I compare optics is fun...a hobby in itself
It doesn't really cost a lot because usually I buy used binoculars or new ones that are discounted heavily and when I resell them the hit is not too bad. I enjoy trying different binoculars, and some of them I have tried many times. Like Iman66 says, it is a hobby in itself.
I really think the SLC is an alpha level binocular and a good step up from the SFL. It has advantages even over the EL and NL, and glare control is a big one.
The SLC is much glare more resistant and brighter than either the EL or NL, and it does not have as much RB because it is not as flat field as either one.
The SLC is much glare more resistant and brighter than either the EL or NL, and it does not have as much RB because it is not as flat field as either one.
Why then have Swaro stopped making them?
Will you correct them if we don't like what you said?
Still in production now labelled Helia-S under their sister company Kahles, but still made by Swarovski.
tenex
reality-based
Let's be clear, there are two possible focuser issues here, "smooth" and "equal".
(1) Smoothness vs grittiness: one hears such complaints from time to time, as often with Leica as Swarovski. Smoothness is desirable; I wouldn't accept a gritty focuser, and even service doesn't always fix them.
(2) Equal tension forwards and back: most bins are like this, but Swaro ELs and SLCs are specifically known for a spring in the diopter mechanism that causes more tension focusing one way (CW) than the other (CCW). Some might not even notice, most quickly get used to it, a few dislike it.
SLC (HD) 10x42 is one of my favorite bins, I hope you will like it.
binomaniac
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I had an SLC 8x42 manufactured in 2014, the focus button made a terrible noise, and it went smoother in one direction and harder in the other. Now I have a Helia S 8x42, fabulous optics at least on the level of the Noctivid 8x42 that I had. Unfortunately, the focus wheel behaves the same as in the SLC from 2014, it makes noise and goes smoother in one direction than in the other. I don't send it to the factory because I don't think they will make it better.
That is similar to the problems I had with the SLC 8x42. I doubt if Swarovski would make it better because I sent mine in to Swarovski for repair, and it came back worse.
binomaniac
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That's exactly why I don't send it either
wedgetail84
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I got back last night having been away for a few days and box was waiting for me. Everything is pristine inside and outside the orignal box. Binos are absolutely mint, focus wheel is as he said smooth and equal both ways. Haven’t had a chance for a full eval but looking over the hills pre sunrise the image looks superb
The SLC 10x42 is an alpha binocular, and some birders prefer it over an EL. If you got a good focuser you are good to go.
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wedgetail84
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It certainly has a stunning image. They’re much easier to hold steady than I expected, and smaller/lighter than I thought they would be too. I can’t comment on whether I prefer them over an EL - out of my price range so never looked.
These are absolutely mint - the PO can’t have had them out of the box more than a handful of times if that. All the attachments were unopened. Very happy with this purchase
Can’t bring myself to take them on the motorbike though - will keep the Hensoldts on paddock duty for the moment…
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They look mint! It is nice to get a good deal like that on a great pair of binoculars. Buying used alphas is the best way to go.