Binoculars like Zeiss Jena ?

[kalasinman]

http://www.forum.popastro.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=17265

http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/152445-60s70s-swallow-10x50-zcf-binos/

http://www.ebay.com/itm/181794497262?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

the latter are actually Swallow, not Swift. I see no complaints about coatings here.

[Dinosour23]

Damn right for the price !!!!! It's just hard to find clean ones. Need to look daily

[kalasinman]

The 10x50 I referenced on Ebay are still there, in the UK (Essex) and 22 quid.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/181794497262?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[skybadger]

I have apair of Zeiss 10x50 and they are really rather good -flat field, good colour control , had em for almost 30 years now..

Mike

[BinocularSky]

The 10x50 I referenced on Ebay are still there, in the UK (Essex) and 22 quid.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/181794497262?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

For what it's worth, those look nothing like the Swift Newport 10x50s I had; the eyepeices are narrower and the cover plates are a different shape. They look more like the Zenith 10x50s that you sometimes still find: the "Coated Optics, Triple Tested" is probably diagnostic.

[mdstuart]

Agreed...they look like standard 80s Japanese Zeniths....Swift prisms are normally larger and rounded.

[Dinosour23]

Just landed a pair of Tento 10x50 USSR binoculars in good condition ! 

Hopefully they are good. They have these cool coatings... Never seen such coatings before ! 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221817938729?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[F15Rules]

If the collimation is good they are a good bino. Personally I prefer the 7x50 Tento which has more purplish coatings and is extremely sharp out to c80% of the fov vs the % of the 10x50s..but collimation is everything..

Dave

[F15Rules]

Sorry, should be "the 60% of the 10x50s"..

Dave

[kalasinman]

Thank you Mr. Merlin !

Eagerly awaiting your 12x50 Swift findings ! I can wait 10 days ....

Skies finally cleared enough to try the 12x50s. BTW they are Swallow, not Swift. At $45 usd delivered the delivery was $20 of the total. I'm not an expert on bins, but collimation is good and they seem quite sharp with no obvious fringing. I'd say I got my money's worth. Because of my location, anything near this price range would have been ruby coatings, flimsy, and dubious collimation.

[Merlin]

I looked through a pair of TENTO 10X50's and they were rubbish. No match for my TENTO 20X60's, which I use with a binocular mirror-mount.

[Dinosour23]

Thanks Swift dude for the review ! Looks like you got your money's worth indeed ! 

Merlin, thanks for the depressing thought... Hahaha... That bad ! !! 

What was so bad about them ? Did you look through the one with the orange multicoating ? 

[kalasinman]

Thanks Swift dude for the review ! Looks like you got your money's worth indeed ! 

Merlin, thanks for the depressing thought... Hahaha... That bad ! !! 

What was so bad about them ? Did you look through the one with the orange multicoating ? 

Swift and Swallow are from 2 different Japanese companies. Mine are Swallow.