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nocturne
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Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it?
      10/20/09 05:09 AM
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I see that Leica and Zeiss make fluorite lens binoculars but I'm not sure if these are real fluorite or some sort of FPL low dispersion glass.



It's not flourite (CaF2) but fluoride-doted glass.
How good the effect is depends on the total configuration of the optical system it seems.
Most certainly, not all hyped "ED"s are equal.
There has been a very enlightening explanation of the background here:
http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/3193178/page/0/view/collapsed/sb/5/o/all/fpart/1

some additional discussion here:
http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/3016684/page/0/view/collapsed/sb/5/o/all/fpart/1

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Edited by nocturne (10/20/09 05:11 AM)

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* fluorite binoculars - worth it? revans 10/18/09 04:49 PM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? nocturne   10/20/09 05:09 AM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? edwincjones   10/20/09 05:58 AM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? Luigi   10/20/09 07:39 AM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? milt   10/20/09 09:27 PM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? EdZModerator   10/21/09 07:18 AM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? pcad   10/21/09 08:26 AM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? BillC   10/21/09 09:30 AM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? Swedpat   10/21/09 12:13 PM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? pcad   10/21/09 01:56 PM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? GaryHeath   10/22/09 02:50 PM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? milt   10/22/09 05:44 PM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? Solar B   10/24/09 07:08 AM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? EdZModerator   10/24/09 07:28 AM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? milt   10/24/09 03:15 PM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? Solar B   10/24/09 08:13 AM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? pcad   10/24/09 08:51 AM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? Solar B   10/24/09 06:22 PM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? milt   10/24/09 09:27 PM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? GlennLeDrew   10/24/09 09:45 PM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? milt   10/25/09 10:41 PM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? Solar B   11/01/09 01:09 PM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? milt   11/01/09 01:22 PM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? mooreorless   11/01/09 01:41 PM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? Solar B   11/01/09 02:28 PM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? mooreorless   11/01/09 08:31 PM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? medinabrit   11/02/09 03:47 AM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? Solar B   11/02/09 04:04 AM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? milt   11/01/09 08:24 PM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? Mark9473   11/01/09 05:47 PM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? Solar B   10/25/09 06:29 AM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? EdZModerator   10/25/09 06:16 AM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? GlennLeDrew   10/24/09 07:02 PM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? John F   10/20/09 01:54 AM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? Solar B   10/20/09 10:32 AM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? GaryS   10/18/09 08:36 PM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? charen   10/18/09 09:50 PM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? GaryS   10/18/09 10:03 PM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? charen   10/19/09 01:19 AM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? jkevn   10/18/09 07:23 PM
. * Re: fluorite binoculars - worth it? Solar B   10/18/09 06:34 PM

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