The photo makes it look much more pronounced than. The perfect binocular for long-range observation, the Carl Zeiss Conquest 10x50 binocular produces stunningly bright, sharp, and vivid images in both bright- and low-light situations. (I have tried to show this mark in the closeup photo.
There is some minor wear on the leather covering and there is one small mark on one of the objective surfaces. These binoculars are in very good condition cosmetically and optically.
It took a bit of search to find one in very good condition which I finally found on the European eBay from a seller in Germany. Selling a pair of Carl Zeiss Jena 10x50 Dekarem binoculars. It also has the relatively wide 7.3* FOV which gives about 128m (great for helping get airplanes in sight at 10x magnification even if the peripheral view isn't sharp - but center is great). So I ended up with a Carl Zeiss Jena 10x50, made in DDR (serial number dates its manufacturing in about 1989, probably not long before the unification of East Germany with West Germany, so no more DDR). After some reading I figured I wanted something that would give me a wide field of view even at a 10x magnification, as well as a larger objective of 50mm to help gather just a little more light when there was less of it.Įventually I figured out what I didn't want and looked for something a little different. Lots of choices with a wide range of prices. The case is marked Leitz Wetzler on bottom and has the letters EMS etched into one side. The factory and much of the workforce remained in Jena in the Soviet sector making binoculars under the name. Notes: In 1945 after the Allies partitioned Germany, the Carl Zeiss company split forming two different entities.
So I wanted to get myself a pair of binoculars to look at airplanes in the airport's pattern and wherever else I could spot them. Leather strap is still attached to binoculars. Carl Zeiss (Oberkochen) 10X50 (View 1) Serial /Year of Manufacture: 491053 Estimate late 1950’s early 1960’s.