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Subject:Re: Anyone found a 2x adaptor/extender for Swarovski 10x32 EL?
Date:Fri, 15 Aug 2003 09:00:51 +0100
From:"Chris Dunlop" <c.dunlop@uea.ac.uk>
Newsgroups:uk.rec.birdwatching,rec.photo.digital,rec.birds,sci.astro.amateur,uk.environment.conservation

"Shiperton Henethe" <shiphen@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3f3c40c4$0$18273$afc38c87@news.easynet.co.uk...
>
> >
> > Still I wonder... this may sound crazy but
> > maybe I could buy a Swaro 2x adaptor
> > and just machine it down! I'd lose
> > that screw thread but I'm sure I could find
> > a way to hold it in place... a rubber band
> > or even blu-tack or something. Also, by
> > machining away all that metal - yes! -  Id be
> > saving more precious weight again...!

Since you are so keen on saving weight, and 'Extreme' hillwalking', why not
just dispense with the binoculars and walk closer to whatever you want to
see?  :-^

Slightly more helpfully, Swarovski have some new, smaller bins (smaller than
the 10x42 or8.5x42, that is) coming out soon don't they?  I imagine they
might take the 2x adaptor - or are they already out and the ones you are
talking about?

Chris