B&H is great. They were selling the older monarchs for USD120 last year – a steal compared to aus pricing, even with postage. For more expensive items customs will want 10% GST + about $50 handling charge; it’s best to check with them what the cutoff price is, from memory it’s around $500.
Stewart
On 25/08/2010, at 12:54, Peter Shute
> I’ve recently bought a pair of Nikon Monarch III 8×42’s. The labelling of the various Monarch series seems to vary a bit, so it’s likely that they’re actually the same ones you mention, unless they still have old stock. The III series is a current model, as is the X series. > > My previous pair were Bushnell 8×42 porros, which I liked but found the focusing very stiff, as is apparently normal for waterproof porros. I’m happy with the new ones, they seem as good although I miss the wider view of the Bushnells. They’re certainly ok for the price. Not sure how they compare to the 10x42s. > > The big problem with the 10x56s (not x50 in the current series) is that the minimum focusing distance is 10m. The 8x42s are 2.5m, not sure about the 10x42s. I don’t need them to focus as close as 2.5m, but I think I’d find 10m a bit restrictive at times. > > I bought mine online, from B&H in the US, who are selling the 10x42s for US$299. They arrived within a week, from memory, and I could track the parcel location the whole way online. I’d prefer to buy locally, but you can’t ignore a price difference that high. See: > http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/671383-REG/Nikon_7295_Monarch_ATB_10x42_Binocular.html > > To be sure you aren’t buying old stock, the III series has a big sticker on top of the right hand barrel saying that it has dielectric coatings, whatever they are. > > You should find a few discussions about them in the Nikon binoculars forum of birdforum. Here’s a link to a slightly obsessive thread I started there about identifying the various Monarch series: > http://www.birdforum.net/showpost.php?p=1840863&postcount=17 > > For what it’s worth, I never leave anything on the roof of the car, there’s almost no chance I’ll remember it’s there. > > Peter Shute > >> —–Original Message—– >> From: birding-aus-bounces@vicnet.net.au >> [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of Bob Dawson >> Sent: Wednesday, 25 August 2010 1:57 PM >> To: birding-aus@vicnet.net.au >> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Nikon Monarchs and don’t put your >> binos on the car roof! >> >> Hi all >> >> >> >> I am in the market for a new pair of binos having driven off >> after stupidly leaving my Bushnells on the top of the car >> while doing some spot lighting on a recent trip to Darwin. >> Not a great loss as they were a 10 year old $200 pair on >> their last legs and I was about to replace them anyway. >> Still, not the way I wanted them to go out. I would have >> preferred having them as a spare! >> >> >> >> I cannot justify the cost of one of the really top pairs >> available so I was looking at the Nikon 10×42 Monarch DCF HP >> WP which retail here for about $750 odd. I have a small 10×25 >> Nikon pair that I use for travelling and find them great. I >> have looked at the archives and the Monarch seems to get a >> pretty good rap from most people that have them but the >> postings I have found are all over 3 years old. >> >> >> >> Are they still a good buy? Or is there another pair that >> people think are as good or even better? Also, I would >> actually prefer 10x50s, do people think there is much benefit >> with the extra? >> >> >> >> Kind Regards >> >> >> >> Bob Dawson >> >> =============================== >> >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, >> send the message: >> unsubscribe >> (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) >> to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au >> >> http://birding-aus.org >> =============================== >> ============================== > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > http://birding-aus.org > ============================== ===============================
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