im refusing to buy a pair of jen 8x30's of the bay... still searching for a mint set from a boot sale or charity shop, i want to be able to say i got them for a tenner!!!
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im refusing to buy a pair of jen 8x30's of the bay... still searching for a mint set from a boot sale or charity shop, i want to be able to say i got them for a tenner!!!
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How long will you give it before you decide it might be more important to actually have them ?Originally Posted by mark22c
im refusing to buy a pair of jen 8x30's of the bay... still searching for a mint set from a boot sale or charity shop, i want to be able to say i got them for a tenner!!!
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MikB
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I have a pair of Tasco 12x32s Binos.. I bought them over here in Tenerife around 3 years ago.. I managed to haggle the seller down to 25 Euros which at the time with a decent exchange rate worked out at the princely sum of £17:50 ish and they are the MUTTS..good clear image..great field of view..lightweight and they fit in the breast pocket of my shooting jacket..(Well me Ex Special Forces battle jacket) very snugly..Then again Tasco have always made some top grade optics
Primus Intus..Ultimus Foras
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to be honest mate tasco are a pretty bad name in optics these days. never used to be that way years back though.
i take it the bins your on about are the compact roof prism design without phase coatings? first pair i bought years ago were tasco 12x25 roof prism compacts with ruby coated lenses. i paid about £50 for em... i too thought they were the mutz nutz till a friend let me peer through an old set of 8x30 porro's he had... started my whole interest in binoculars as a collector.
yes they were the russian ones i mentioned earlier.
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A couple of years ago I bought some 10 x 50 Bresser bino's from Lidl for about £10.
I got them just to keep in the car, not wanting to risk my Leitz 8 x 20's on holiday with young children and sand etc.
There was not as much difference between the Bressers and the Leitz as I thought there would be, although differences in the colour saturation and flare were quite marked when quickly swapping from one to the other.
When the Bressers are tripod mounted, sharpness is very good with little fall off at the edges.
At this price you shouldn't expect much but the overall optical performance is extremely good for the money.
Colin.
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those bresser 10x50's were very popular on another astronomy forum i used to frequent. i bought a few pairs of them and they are not bad, quite sharp and clear and for a tenner great. recommended them all the time for those on a budget.
you had to sort through a few to find a good pair though. they are an exception though. later versions sold last year were pants with just to many faults and i couldnt recommend them now.
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hi folks
anyone seen or bought one of the above.
30 to 230 'ish zoom £70,theres still some left near me ,Im waiting to see if they get reduced
I know a grand plus for anything decent but sometimes you always go for a reduction!!!!
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