jrcrilly
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OK - I've never seen one of these before - have you? Cute little bugger. Looks like 50mm or so with built-in binoviewers and electric zoom! Zeika Optical Co. and everything's marked "Japan". 
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jrcrilly
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...another shot...
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John C
Urban Observatory
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Stacy
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Which end do you look in? Is that some kind of range finder? Where did you find it?
Regards,
Stacy
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Tom Trusock
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What the heck is that???? Any idea what the origional purpose was??? A 50mm binoviewed scope??? Why not just 50mm binos??? I HAVE to wonder what the design theory was behind that little thing.
John - that's COOL. That's REALLY cool. (Ok, so I'm an optics nerd...) Thanks for sharing! Please keep us updated if you find out any further information on that little guy.
Tom T.
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jrcrilly
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Loc: NE Ohio
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I was making one of my infrequent eBay tours and tripped over it. I'm enough of a gadget freak to know I had to have it.
One looks through it like binoculars. It has motorized zoom from 2.5X to 8X and there's an addon lens included which takes it to 12X. I have never, ever seen anything quite like it. It's very heavy for its size (no plastic) so I doubt it's very useful - but a cool find for the collection nonetheless (I think it is, anyway).
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John C
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EdZ
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I think Stacy's got it. it looks like an optical range finder. Is there some kind of a distance scale anywhere on it or in it? Does it appear to have any kind of internal split screen similar to the central circle in a camera?
edz
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jrcrilly
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Hi, Edz.
Nope. The lettering around the objective is "Zeika power zoom binocular" and the lettering at the EP end states only "field 3 degrees 35 minutes at 8X; 2.5 to 8 X 35". There's a button marked 8X and one marked 2.5X. The attachment that shifts it to 4X through 12X has a larger objective; maybe 40mm. No marked reticules of any kind.
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Urban Observatory
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trever
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That looks more like a Monobinocular..lol
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Norvin
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Reged: 10/10/03
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I could be going out on a limb here, but isn't that one of those that the police use (or at least use to use) on stakeouts?
Norvin
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jrcrilly
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Quote:
I could be going out on a limb here, but isn't that one of those that the police use (or at least use to use) on stakeouts?
Norvin
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Hi, Norvin.
That might be a lead. I'll ask the older cops next time I'm over there.
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John C
Urban Observatory
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Tak CN-212 8" F/12 classical Cass/ F/4 Newt
Teeter 20" F/3.8 truss Newt w/ServoCat
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Stacy
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I think it has a familiar shape.
(Sorry Tom)
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Edited by Stacy (10/28/03 08:19 PM)
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Anonymous
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Just goes to prove you can sell anything on Ebay!
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Tom Trusock
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Erhhhmmmmm - rated G here folks please.....
Tom T.
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jrcrilly
Refractor wienie again
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Posts: 22464
Loc: NE Ohio
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Just goes to prove you can sell anything on Ebay!
It's nice that he had a global tool to find probably the only guy on the planet who'd buy it! 
But it's mine now... ALL MINE! 
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John C
Urban Observatory
Tele Vue Pronto
A&M/Astreya 76mm F/6 APO
TMB/LOMO 80mm F/7.5 APO
Tak FSQ-106N F/5 APO
Meade 152ED F/9 "APO"
152mm F/10 achromat
Tak CN-212 8" F/12 classical Cass/ F/4 Newt
Teeter 20" F/3.8 truss Newt w/ServoCat
LXD750, EM-200, CI-700
ST-10XME
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Anonymous
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Hahaha!
I hear ya John, I wont EVEN go into some of the "useful?", things ive bought off Ebay. Nope, I wont even go there .......Dave
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Mike28
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looks like a tool a proctalogist would use 
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Anonymous
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Heaven help the poor patient! 
Edited by Bart (11/14/03 02:29 PM)
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