40 M.A.) 7X50Ħ) Hood Case for CAL No 5 CDN Mk 2/4 7X50ħ) Huet Extra Lumineuse 7X (disassembled to show telemetric device in ocular) 7X22Ĩ) Leitz Canada (ELCAN) 7X50B Civilian Modelĩ) REL C.G.B. NAVY BU.SHIPS MARK 28 MOD 0 7X50 with Variable Density Filter Attachedģ) BBT Krauss Paris Grand champ décigrades 8X30Ĥ) BBT Krauss Paris Modele 1933 Type 2 8X30 (views after restoration)ĥ) CAL No 5 CDN Mk 2/4 (Upgraded from REL C.G.B. The following have been added to my collection since the last posting on June 17/10:Ģ) Bausch & Lomb U.S. They could have made an 8x40 by combining the 7x35 eyepiece with the 40mm objective, but they never did.Īdditions to Vintage Binocular Collection
The 12x40 was made by combining the 10x35 eyepiece with a 40mm objective. They still had a Zeiss style 7x50 CF, but with rubber roll-down eyecups like the E series. I thought you might be interested in seeing some of the Nikon offerings from a 1985 brochure. Everything about the Leitz seems more delicate and finer, even the engraving on the prism cover. The Nikon is taller and has curiously large eyepiece housings for the size of the eyepiece optics. The Nikon weighs 1060g vs 920 for the Leitz. Ironically, the "Feather-Weight" Nikon comes across as a big bruiser compared to the Leitz. The optics are so similar in most of these old 7x50's that I wouldn't expect big differences, unless something went wrong. because the Nikon needs internal cleaning. I can't really compare contrast, light transmission, etc. AFOV's and eye relief are essentially identical. The images are very similar as you would expect given that the optical designs are nearly the same. The only binocular I have that's roughly comparable to the Nikon 7x50 is a Leitz Marseptit from around 1960.
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