DailyComicB to Calvin and Hobbes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days ago17 May 1988imagemessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down11
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minus-squareAwesomeLowlanderlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-214 days agoI think the era of them being extremely pricy is somewhat further back. I dug up this thread discussing the same question: https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/community/threads/cost-of-quality-binoculars-in-1912.35305/ Also, something from the JC Penney or Sears catalog probably isn’t what comes to mind when talking about top-quality professional gear.
minus-squaremindbleachlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoThat’s the point, though: eye-watering professional equipment was the exception. No doubt, to this day, you can drop ten grand on binoculars. Anything involving optics has no ceiling. But the money pit for Calvin’s dad was his bike.
I think the era of them being extremely pricy is somewhat further back. I dug up this thread discussing the same question:
https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/community/threads/cost-of-quality-binoculars-in-1912.35305/
Also, something from the JC Penney or Sears catalog probably isn’t what comes to mind when talking about top-quality professional gear.
That’s the point, though: eye-watering professional equipment was the exception. No doubt, to this day, you can drop ten grand on binoculars. Anything involving optics has no ceiling.
But the money pit for Calvin’s dad was his bike.