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Friday 12th March 2010, 07:21
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Fujinon shows new KF series.
I was suprised to see these at the Fujinon booth at the Camera & Photo Imaging expo today. Seems to be China-made and of average quality. Nothing new here so let's move along.
 Rick
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Friday 12th March 2010, 08:19
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That is interesting Rick. Though I'm sure you're probably right that there's nothing new to see here, if I DID wind up buying ED ChinBins, I'd somehow feel better with them having a Fujinon logo on them.
Irrational, I know
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Friday 12th March 2010, 08:32
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Kevin, all just common glass I'm afraid. Nothing outstanding in the spec sheets. Avg FoV, eyerlief, weight and size. Amazingly, the 8x/10x24mm series in the 3rd pic is NOT phase coated if you can believe it. Only one I thought might be interesting was a 7x28mm IF not shown. But that turned out NOT to be phase coated as well!
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Saturday 13th March 2010, 18:34
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The 8&10 on the left look like the Promaster etc.etc. etc.
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Saturday 13th March 2010, 19:39
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I don't think they're the same enclosure, Steve. The upper "bridge" is futher down the barrels than any of the other Chinese open-bridge I've seen.
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Sunday 14th March 2010, 00:51
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Hi Kevin, The KF eyecups are different than the Promaster's as well.
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Monday 15th March 2010, 02:46
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Oh dang the uncoolness of Fujinon binoculars. How the FMT-SX ever came to be, I'll never know, but I'm hanging onto my 7x50.
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Monday 15th March 2010, 13:04
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I guess we can be thankful for the fishing industry (or was it the military) for giving us the market that spawned the FMT-SX series. And like you say, Ron, what a series it is.
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