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ausastronomer
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Re: Nagler-like performance...
      05/07/08 05:09 PM

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Ed,

Of all the other binoculars that I've tried one other that stands out for the quality of its edge performance is the Zeiss 15x60 B/GATs.

John Finnan




John,

Without a doubt these are the best medium/large astronomy binoculars I have used, which includes almost all of the premium contenders previously mentioned. These have outstanding unsurpassed performance in every criteria and it's unfortunate they took them out of production a few years ago, when at the time they were clearly the best medium/large astronomy binocular money could buy. Notwithstanding the high price tag, there was still a market for them at the top of the tree.

Second hand these would be a great buy, but I doubt you will see them offered. Whilst there are quite a few pair of these out there, except for deceased estate sales, no one that owns them will ever sell them.

Cheers

--------------------
John Bambury
AS of NSW
AS of Hunter Valley
18"/F4.5 Obsession with Argo Navis and Servocat, 10"/F5 Newtonian with Argo Navis
Lots of Pentax XW's. Plus 12mm & 17mm Nagler T4's, 31mm Nagler T5 & 13mm ETHOS. TV Paracorr and 2.5X Powermate

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* Nagler-like performance... Bob Myler 05/06/08 09:28 AM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... Joe Ogiba   05/07/08 06:19 PM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... ronharper   05/08/08 12:12 PM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... BillC   05/08/08 12:29 PM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... Rich N   05/08/08 12:52 PM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... Neil Weiner   05/08/08 01:37 PM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... EdZModerator   05/08/08 01:39 PM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... Rich N   05/08/08 01:44 PM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... Rich N   05/08/08 02:17 PM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... EdZModerator   05/08/08 01:10 PM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... Henry Link   05/08/08 01:41 PM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... EdZModerator   05/08/08 02:26 PM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... Rick   05/08/08 05:36 PM
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. * Re: Nagler-like performance... davidmcgo   05/08/08 10:05 PM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... Wes James   05/09/08 11:34 AM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... BillC   05/09/08 01:52 PM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... BobinKy   05/09/08 08:44 PM
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. * Re: Nagler-like performance... BillC   05/10/08 02:42 PM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... BobinKy   05/10/08 03:21 PM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... BillC   05/10/08 10:32 PM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... Wes James   05/10/08 10:43 PM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... ronharper   05/12/08 12:25 AM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... BillC   05/12/08 10:18 AM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... Jim Rosenstock   05/12/08 10:42 AM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... BillC   05/12/08 01:23 PM
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. * Re: Nagler-like performance... Rich N   05/06/08 03:58 PM
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. * Re: Nagler-like performance... Bob Myler   05/06/08 06:07 PM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... ronharper   05/06/08 11:57 PM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... EdZModerator   05/07/08 01:22 AM
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. * Re: Nagler-like performance... BobinKy   05/07/08 06:27 AM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... John F   05/07/08 02:28 AM
. * Re: Nagler-like performance... ausastronomer   05/07/08 05:09 PM
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