Here is a sneak peak of the new Swarovski binocular lines : NL PURE
8x42, 10x42, and 12x42:
More info coming. Huge field of view. 91% light transmission. All binos same size. Forehead rest available as an accessory. $3,299 MSRP. Sept 1 begin shipping.
"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." Thomas Paine
Now I know what I can spend three months mortgage payments on!
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
I'll have to wait for the guys on Coueswhitetail to start putting then in the classifieds after a years use. It's like cell phones, they have to have this years new model and sell last years.
Couple years ago everyone had to have the 12x50 vortec razer, then there were a ton of them for sale the next year as Swaro put out the 15x HD, now it's the Swaro 12x EL, I guess next fall it's the NL.
I guess now we have reached the point that we can buy a pair of 8x & 10x SLC for less than the price of the top end model. I wonder why they did away with 8.5. I thought that was about the single best pair of binos one could own.
I'd like to try a pair of these new ones out but I expect the differences will be marginal to the current model. There will be some good deals on all those selling EL's to gain that extra .5% of performance.
I'm sure they will be great glass, but what are they trying to do? Set some kind of price point record? Won't be long most blue collar hunters won't be able to afford decent binos..... maybe this will drive down the price of the EL's a bit?
Bob
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