The most expensive binoculars I've seen

[Peter Drew]

Me neither!  

[25585]

Tele Vue Renaissance? 

[timwetherell]

On 4/5/2018 at 19:25, Paul73 said:

Mmmmmm. Shiney ?????

For £18,000 you could strap a couple of Moonrakered Taks together.......

Not sure if Mr @timwetherell has ever done any punked binos?

Paul

No never made binoculars. I did renovate some old Russian 10x70s once though - just dismantle clean and repaint. I got them for a song back in the early 90s when big binos were a real rarity 

There seem to be quite a lot of big binocular telescopes on the market today but to be honest, I think it would be better and cheaper to just buy a single scope with 1.4x the aperture and fit it with a binoviewer. I imagine keeping two big OTAs perfectly aligned would be a pig of a job and it's not like one has any depth perception at astronomical distances anyway? Single bigger scope gives you 40% better resolution and you have the option to use one eye and go half a magnitude deeper as Olly says.

[ollypenrice]

2 hours ago, 25585 said:

Tele Vue Renaissance? 

Now you're talking. I'd love one of those.

Olly