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LONGSHORE01 — Dawn

The LONGSHORE Keeper 8×40 at a glance

Fictional heritage binoculars, shown through one day on the coast as you scroll. Everything below is also shown on screen as the story plays.

Fit
The barrels swing on a central hinge to fit eye spacings from 56 to 72 mm.
Focus
A centre focus wheel moves both eyepieces, from 5 metres to the horizon.
Diopter
The right eyepiece adjusts from −3 to +3 dioptres, in whole clicks.
Glass
Eight times magnification through 40 mm multi-coated objectives and porro prisms.
Craft
Brass rims and pebbled leather, restored and set by hand.
Anatomy
Eight parts: two barrels, two eyepieces, the focus wheel, hinge pin, eye-spacing scale and diopter ring.
Specifications
8× magnification, 40 mm objectives, 7.0° field of view (122 m at 1,000 m), 5 mm exit pupil, 5 m close focus, 860 g.

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Keeper 8×40
Field glasses since 1952

02 — Fit

Made to fityour eyes.

The barrels swing on a single brass hinge, so the eyepieces sit exactly as far apart as your eyes.

68.8mm

Eye spacing · 56–72 mm

03 — Focus

From the railto the horizon.

One turn of the centre wheel moves both eyepieces together, from the deck rail at five metres to the far headland.

5m

Focus distance · 5 m to ∞

04 — Diopter

Tuned to you,one eye at a time.

Left · fixedRight · ring
  1. −3
  2. −2
  3. −1
  4. 0
  5. +1
  6. +2
  7. +3

±3 dioptres · your eye +1

05 — Glass

Eight times closer.Forty millimetres of light.

Light enters the 40 mm objective, folds twice through the porro prisms and leaves the eyepiece upright and eight times larger.

Fully multi-coated

Seventy years at sea

06 — Craft

Worn in,never worn out.

Brass rims and pebbled leather, cleaned, re-greased and set by hand before every pair leaves the workshop.

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07 — Anatomy

Eight parts.One view.

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Parts · one instrument

08 — Last light

Made forthe last light.

09 — Spec sheet

Keeper 8×40.

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Field · 122 m at 1 km
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Fictional product, built as a portfolio piece. “Vintage Binoculars” 3D model by Luke and “Dalkey View” panorama by Savva Zakharov, both Poly Haven (CC0). Design and development by Farouk Zaouak.

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