Show Off Your Nikon Sunglasses!

[raid]

So all of you Nikon fans and supporters, how many here wear Nikon sunglasses? Do you treat your eyes to the great Nikon glasses as you treat your cameras to Nikon glass?

 

[Todd.Hanz]

"go and get yourself some cheap sunglasses"-- ZZ Top

 

[Keith]

My current 'Serengeti Drivers' are the best sunglasses I have ever owned ... I've had them for over ten years and when they eventually do fall apart life will never be the same! 😀

I couldn't see Magus wearing Nikon sunnies ... I'm sure he'd have problems with the lenses! 😛

 

[raid]

I also have the Serengeti Driver's Glasses since twenty years, but when I started wearing Nikon glasses Made in the the 1990's), I was astonished at the clarity of those glasses. I found on ebay new old stock with all papers and so on. The coating is beautiful purple and the make is really like a solid Nikkor would be made as a lens. I recently stepped and broke theNikon glasses, so I quickly bought two replacement Nikon glasses the following week. Why two? There were two ebay auctions,and I won both.

 

[Keith]

Hey Raid ... are these the ones you are refering to? 🙂

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/BRAND-NEW-NI...ryZ15736QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem

 

[colinh]

Oddly enough I also have some sort of Serengetti glasses, but I still prefer my Raybans (pilot form with B-15 glass). On a sunny day they make the world look so beautiful... *sigh*

So, they don't make em like that anymore, of course.

Now, what I want is some Leica sunglasses. 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀

Are you listening Leica? A little red dot somewhere - how much would a pair cost?


colin

edit: just noticed, my avatar is wearing the serengettis 😎

 

[raid]

Keith,
No, I am referring to new old stock lenses with titanium frames and optical glass that is solid. You may have to type "vintage Nikon glasses" to find those few remaining lenses on ebay. I also found this way NEW Zeiss sunglasses from the 1970's in Germany. Someone still them on the shelves of an Optometrist glasses store! Those, however, are fainlty coated and remind me of Elton John's glasses. I use them when the sun is about to set and the light levels are not strong.

 

[raid]

Nikon glasses of high quality run about $300 full price.
Once in a while you find them for sale in some mail order catalog.
The Serengeti glasses are kept for use during car travels. They are Driver's glasses.

 

[erikhaugsby]

I've got two pairs of Spy Optics (a Cooper and a Nolen), but that's it for my glasses collection.

 

[JimG]

I still wear my Ray Ban 'Cats Eyes' (like Roy Orbison). Best 20 bucks I ever spent allmost 20 years ago.

 

[raid]

Yeah, but they're no Nikons! [just kidding]

 

[matt fury]

I actually wear Zeiss prescription eyeglasses, not sunglasses, but I voted just the same.

 

[teo]

Voted expensive because they're 15 years old RayBan...
(yum! glass lenses 🙂)

 

[Creagerj]

I didn't know that nikon sold sunglasses but now that I do I have to have them.

 

[JimG]

Hey but I do have a pair of war time (1945) binoculars made by the same people who made Nikons. Or so I've read online. www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/milopt/orion.html 🙂 I guess that's still not the same though.

 

[raid]

I made bids on two ebay auctions, and I won both Nikon sunglasses. I find them offering extremely clear views.

 

[maddoc]

I wear Nikon eyeglasses, the cheapest glasses I could find here in Sapporo 😉

 

[raid]

The vintage Nikon sunglasses are more expensive. Somehow, I could buy new design Nikon glasses for far less.