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The Avimo 7x42, year of production: 1980
Avimo 7x42,生产日期:1980
This 7x42 binocular was made by Avimo Optical Imaging (now: Thales Optics) in UK during the 1980s. It was later licensed to Rollei Germany, and nowadays Russian copies made by BELOMO in St. Petersburg have been spotted on Internet auction sites. This binocular has got a characteristic body shape. It is reported (in Seeger's book about military optics) that these devices were not popular with the British troops in combat conditions during the Falklands war, because of their curious 'cranked' tubes. This meant that the observer had to move his head up a few inches higher than with conventional constructions. This binocular is of fixed-focus type and has to be used with eye-glasses by anybody with visual defects. Its eye-relief is long enough, however, and the telescopic eye-cups are effectively shielding any side-stray light. The present sample was made in 1980.
这款7x42双筒望远镜是Avimo Optical Imaging (now: Thales Optics)于20世纪80年代在英国生产。它后来授权给德国Rollei,现在俄罗斯圣彼得堡BELOMO生产的副本在互联网上拍卖。这款望远镜镜体外形很有特色,Seeger的关于军用光学的书中描述说,在福克兰岛(马岛)战争环境中,这款镜子不被英国军队所欢迎,就因为它们特有的“曲柄”管状镜身,这意味着用这款镜子的观察者不得不比使用普通结构的镜子的人的脑袋抬高几英寸。这款镜子不可调焦,眼睛不好的人必须戴眼镜使用。它的出瞳距离足够长,眼罩能有效的遮挡旁边的杂散光。(评测用的)样品是1980年生产的。
The Swarovski Habicht 7x42, current production
Swarovski Habicht 7x42, 当前产品
The 7x42 Habicht is made by the Austrian manufacturer Swarovski and the only civilian binocular of this test. It can be regarded as a modern high-end Porro of classical design, but made with state of the art materials, lens coating and sealing techniques. Despite of its central focuser, it is fully waterproof and nitrogen filled, and there also exists a rubberized ('GA') version. I was informed that a couple of 7x42 GA binoculars are in service at the Austrian army, so this is actually not a fully civilian glass. Compared to its competitors, it is amazingly light and mobile, but the eye-relief of 14mm may be a little short for comfortable use with eye-glasses. In Germany, this binocular costs about 600 Euro (the 'GA' version: 700 Euro).
7x42 Habicht是奥地利施华洛世奇(Swarovski)工厂生产的,是这次评测中唯一的民用镜。在经典设计中,它可看作髦高档古典保罗镜,是用了最高科技的原料、镜片镀膜和技术装备。尽管是中心调焦,它还是充了氮并完全防水,它有个包胶版本('GA')。我了解到几种包胶版7x42在奥地利军队服役,所以这款镜子并不是完全民用品。与它的竞争对手对比,有令人吃惊的轻便易携带性,但14mm的出瞳距离对戴眼镜还想舒服使用的人来说太短了。在德国,这镜子卖600欧元(包胶版700欧元)。
In front: NVA DF, GG95, IOR-SA, three models with plenty of similarities.
Behind: PZO, Avimo, Habicht
前排左起:NVA DF,GG95,IOR-SA,这三款有大量的相似点
后排左起:PZO,Avimo,Habicht
The following table is summarizing the specifications of the contenders.
下表是这些镜子的一些性能指标
Optical performance 光学性能
Angle of view: With 60 degs. apparent angle of field, the DF and the IOR are the only (moderate) wide angle binoculars in this test. The IOR shows some light-fall close to the edge (vignetting), an indication for the prisms being undersized and unable to illuminate the entire field of view. The more bulky DF has got a set of larger prisms and does not display such a vignetting. The GG95 comes next with a reasonable 56 degs. of field. The remaining three contenders display a rather narrow angle (tunnel-view), and I believe that fields as narrow as 50 degs. or less are no good choice for military binoculars, where the surveillance of large areas is among the most common applications and much easier achieved with reasonably wide angles.
视角:在本评测中,DF和IOR有60度表现视场,是仅有的广角(中等)望远镜。IOR在边缘处的光线变暗(渐晕,逐渐模糊),说明棱镜尺寸不够大,不能照亮整个视场区。更加庞大的DF拥有更大的棱镜,没有表现出渐晕现象。跟在后面的是GG95,拥有适当的56度表现视场。其它3款表现了明显的窄视角(管窥视野),我认为是50度甚至更小的视场对军用望远镜不是好选择,因为大面积的监视是最常见的应用,拥有适度的宽视角更容易完成任务。
Image sharpness: At the center, all of the six contenders have got an excellent resolution. But they differ as soon as the edge of the field is approached. Here, the Swarovski performs best, where the star test displays point-like images beyond 80% (radial) off center. Even at the edge, the deformations of the stars remain low. The PZO is next with about 75% of point-like stars and moderate blur at the edge, closely followed by the GG95 (little less than 70%). Both NVA and IOR display star images that start to deform a little less than 60% off center. At the edge, the deformations are high. So far, the edge sharpness of the contenders is quite accurately correlated with their angle of field: The smaller the angle, the better their edge resolution. This indicates that they are all using oculars of comparable performance. However, the Avimo is an exception: The stars are fine at the center, but already less than 50% off they start deforming. This poor performance is of course a consequence of its fix-focus feature. It is not possible for me to find the optimized focus for my eyes, so that the full performance of this binocular remains inaccessible.
图像清晰度:所有镜子的中心区域的都有优秀的分辨率。但当接近边缘部位就有区别了。在本评测中,施华洛世奇表现最好,在观星测试中,离中心80%(半径)的地方还表现出点状。即使在边缘处,星像的变形也保持很低。PZO是下一个,在75%处保持点状,到边缘就中等模糊了。紧跟在后面的是GG95,只稍微小于70%。DF和IOR在还没到60%处就开始变形了,到了边缘处变形很严重。迄今为止,边缘的清晰度与它们的视场大小有精确的关系:视场越小,边缘分辨率越高。这表明它们的目镜都处于相似的水准。但是,Avimo是个例外:星像在中心很好,但不到50%处就开始变形了。这低劣的表现明显怪罪于目镜不可调焦。对我来说,无法调整出最适合我眼睛的焦距,使得这镜子的任何功能对我都遥不可及。
Image color: The differences are small but visible in a straight comparison. The only binocular which seems to have a fully neutral color tone is the Habicht. The Avimo has got a very slight yellowish tone, and so are, a little stronger, the GG95 and the NVA DF. The IOR-SA is already visibly yellowish, although much less than most of the Russian binoculars or the NVA EDF roof-prism binocular. The PZO has got a slight yellow-brownish image tone, of similar intensity as the IOR.
图像颜色:差别很小,不过在直接对比中能看出来。只有Habicht能完全体现真实颜色。Avimo有非常轻微的偏黄,GG95和NVA DF偏黄稍微重些,IOR-SA是明显的偏黄,但也明显轻于大部分俄罗斯镜子和NVA EDF这个屋脊镜。PZO有轻微的偏黄褐色,偏色程度类似IOR。
Rectilinear distortion: All binoculars show a slight pincushion distortion, which is intentionally installed to eliminate the globe effect and in this way to provide a smooth panning.
直线扭曲:所有望远镜都表现出轻微的枕形畸变,这是有意如此的,为了消除球面效应,并通过此法提供一个平滑视场盘。
Stray light: Under difficult viewing conditions, especially at twilight, light from sources outside the field can enter the objective lenses through a large angle to illuminate the tube walls and is, partially, scattered into the optical path. It then becomes visible as a diffuse fog, most intense around the edges of the image, reducing the contrast. Only the GG95 and the Avimo are displaying some problems here. At the prism entrance, the GG95 has got a shiny metallic ring which may be the cause of the stray light. Inside the Avimo, it seems that a glossy finish of the internal tube is responsible for reflections. In both cases, a minor modification would improve the performance of these binoculars a lot. For military applications, an excellent stray light protection is required to ensure the maximum contrast under difficult light conditions. The other four contenders perform very well in this discipline and there is nothing left to complain about.
漫射光:在困难观测环境下,特别是黄昏黎明,来自视场外的光线可以以大角度通过物镜,照亮镜筒内壁,部分光线进入了光学路径,变成可见地漫射雾,在图像边缘尤其明显,如此减少了对比。这里只有GG95和Avimo表现出了这样一些问题。GG95的棱镜入口处有能反光的金属环,或许能产生漫射光。在Avimo内部,物镜那边内壁的光洁表面似乎能产生反射。在这两种情况下,小小的修改将能改善很多望远镜的性能。对于军事应用,为确保低照明下最大对比度,优秀的防止漫射是必要的。其它4款在这方面表现非常好,没有产生抱怨。
Left: A shiny metallic ring in front of the prism entrance, the cause of stray light inside the GG95?
左图:在棱镜入口处有能反光的金属环,产生了GG95内部的漫射光。
Right: A glossy finish inside the Avimo's internal tubes
右图:在Avimo物镜部分能反光的内壁 |
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