Advantages: Light, compact, excellent optical quality Disadvantages: compromises have still been made
...compartment of the car - OLYMPUS with their reputation for high quality optical instruments provided a very effective solution.
My trusty East German Jenoptem binoculars had suffered long enough and it was time for something a little less chunky.
From an emotional perspective I have always been very comfortable with OLYMPUS optics - see my previous opinions on analogue and digital cameras. In general, they offer well designed and manufactured products ... ...waiting to hit something!
Olympus claim 'UV Protection' suggesting there is some magical polymer inside the binoculars, this is advertising doublespeak admitting plastic optical elements - well it probably keeps the weight and cost down, and the razor sharp image certainly doesn't suffer.
I suspect if they were subjected to extremes of temperature thermal expansion, which is more significant with polymers than traditional glass and metal, might ...
dobieg 25.04.2003
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