My new (vintage) bins

[mdstuart]

I spotted these on e-bay and won then for £4.20.. They are russian 7 x50s. I had heard good reports so I thought I would give it a go.

When they arrived smelling damp and looking rusty and dirty I thought...hmm maybe a mistake...BUT

Lots of patience with the 1.5mm screw driver, lens tools and lens pen, greece and lots of cleaning later and ..

Perfect clear optics and a very usable piece of kit. Splits that draco 60" double well and nearly splits Albeiro at x7...M33 is superb.

Lovely 6 deg FOV with stars like points accross the whole view.

So pleased!

Mark

[Nexus 6]

no wonder your pleased Mark, £4.20! what a bargain!

[deebster]

Nice one, well done Mark.

<Heads over to eBay>

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

I bet you will get something like £420 worth of joy out of that!

[mdstuart]

I am enjoying them. Splitting doubles..only those over 40" though...star clusters are just lovely..brings out colour really well...just a pleasure to use.

Mark

[Polar Bear]

Nothing like the enjoyment experienced from a cheap ebay purchase.

And I should know.....

Do you get clear separation on doubles at 40" or is it just possible to detect they are doubles ?

Paul

[mdstuart]

Paul

I tried again tonight. Nu Draco which is about 60" is pretty easy.

I can just split zeta lyra which is 44 but I cannot split B Lyra which is 47 but with a large mag difference.

I get a hint that 16 Cygnus is a double in that it looks like an enlogated star in the right direction.

So I can split cleanly with dark space between the stars to 44" using these 7x binoculars...

I can get to magnitude 8.8 in a mag 5 skies with them.

What makes these bins special though is that they show pinpoint stars accross pretty much the whole FOV. It just makes the view more natural and realistic to my eyes which makes the experience a pleasure.

Try to split zeta lyra and 16 Cynus with your 7x50 andd 9x63's...What can you see..

Mark

[Polar Bear]

Paul

Try to split zeta lyra and 16 Cynus with your 7x50 andd 9x63's...What can you see..

Mark

Will do when the skies clear again, even took my 9x63's to work all week but the cloud cover has been dreadful.

I had some Tento 10x50's that were very sharp across the field but seemed a little lacking in contrast.

Paul

[jasonp]

Theres another pair on there at the moment too . a bit more expensive though.

Pair of Binoculars 7 x 50 | eBay

[mdstuart]

Yes. They come up all the time but rarely at the price I paid..

Mark

[JonF]

Isn't it great when you get a real bargain from eBay? There's so much **** out there, but still a few pearls.

[Polar Bear]

Paul

Try to split zeta lyra and 16 Cynus with your 7x50 andd 9x63's...What can you see..

Mark

Still trying , haven't had the weather or the time.......

I do however have some Tento 8x50's on the way courtesy of ebay to try out.

[Phil4130]

I picked up a set of Zeiss Jenoptems 10x50 for £10 from a charity shop.

[mdstuart]

WOW Ziess for £10....Ill give you £15!

Polar bear..good luck with the tento's

Mark

[Polar Bear]

WOW Ziess for £10....Ill give you £15!

Polar bear..good luck with the tento's

Mark

I'll give him £17.50 but only if they come with the end caps.......

Will report back on the Tento's as soon as.

Paul