Fujinon CD 7x42 Binoculars... $189 at EO... - 10/10/07
For a 7x junkie like me this seems almost too good to be true...
http://www.eagleoptics.com/index.asp?pid=2571
The folks at Eagle Optics claim these were marked down from an original asking price of $750. I dunno if THEY were originally asking that much or if that was just a MSRP, browsing around I found them still offered for as high as $500 and change.
The consensus of the astronomy folks over at www.cloudynights.com is that one should snap these things up...
http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthre...0/view/collapsed/sb/5/o/all/fpart/1/vc/1
Turns out these are Japanese made but being undersold by Chinese production.
I'm gonna float a WAG that these things are in the Pentax DCF WP quality ballpark.
Sorta nice to have a last opportunity for a "Made in Japan" binoc, especially at that price.
I did a quick search and didn't find these things mentioned anywhere here in the past. Has anyone here used 'em?
Birdwatcher
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The folks at Eagle Optics claim these were marked down from an original asking price of $750. I dunno if THEY were originally asking that much or if that was just a MSRP, browsing around I found them still offered for as high as $500 and change.
The consensus of the astronomy folks over at www.cloudynights.com is that one should snap these things up...
http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthre...
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This particular model is being discontinued so the pricing through Eagle Optics is fantastic.
These are phase coated, pure silver mirrored BaK-4 prisms. They are being discontinued because of the flood of cheaper roof prism binoculars coming into this country from China....
Yesterday during the late afternoon to early evening I was looking at the birds in our backyard, telephone poles & wires, trees, bushes, chimney, rooftop, whatever, comparing the Fujinon CD to the Leupold Katmai...
The CD 7x is very bright, very clear, very sharp.
Looking at the bluejays, from 45', the colors were vibrant and the patterns were razor sharp. Looking at the grackles the iridescent colors were glistening and the yellow eyes were gemstone in appearance.
I was also using a 100 yard rifle target posted on a wire fence 41' away. I was sitting in my favorite "kids mini-rocker". I was able to read numbers 5/32nd's in size horizontally all across the target. I was also able to read printed words 3/32nd's in size...
These are phase coated, pure silver mirrored BaK-4 prisms. They are being discontinued because of the flood of cheaper roof prism binoculars coming into this country from China....
Yesterday during the late afternoon to early evening I was looking at the birds in our backyard, telephone poles & wires, trees, bushes, chimney, rooftop, whatever, comparing the Fujinon CD to the Leupold Katmai...
The CD 7x is very bright, very clear, very sharp.
Looking at the bluejays, from 45', the colors were vibrant and the patterns were razor sharp. Looking at the grackles the iridescent colors were glistening and the yellow eyes were gemstone in appearance.
I was also using a 100 yard rifle target posted on a wire fence 41' away. I was sitting in my favorite "kids mini-rocker". I was able to read numbers 5/32nd's in size horizontally all across the target. I was also able to read printed words 3/32nd's in size...
Turns out these are Japanese made but being undersold by Chinese production.
I'm gonna float a WAG that these things are in the Pentax DCF WP quality ballpark.
Sorta nice to have a last opportunity for a "Made in Japan" binoc, especially at that price.
I did a quick search and didn't find these things mentioned anywhere here in the past. Has anyone here used 'em?
Birdwatcher