Hello!
I saw an old thread (2012) about this brand and thought I would seek info from a new thread. Any help is much appreciated!
Ok here's what I know. My brother bought a pair of binoculars for our father I believe in Manilla, while he was on a short holiday during a tour in Viet Nam. Year was approximately 1964 or 1965.
On left prism plate next to eyepiece it says...
Fujicon
Superior Prismatic
Finest Precision
Triple Coated
Superior Deluxe Lens
On right side....
50X50
Field 11°
Wide Angle
No. 82267
I have tried to research this pair of binoculars without any luck. Hoping someone has familiarity with this brand/type.
190517
Hi, and welcome:
Yes, I will be glad to help. Most others won’t because they want to be kind and politically correct. For me, being politically correct is a tremendous waste of time and dances around the question.
I will address your points.
Fujicon — Fujicon is a name Asian arse orifices came up to suck money from those poor souls hearing of FUJINON (non not con) quality. I sold hundreds of Fujinon binos over 21 years.
Superior Prismatic — Yeah, right.
Finest Precision — Compared to what?
Triple Coated — If they had the money for that, they wouldn’t need to lie about everything else. ‘A phrase they stole from David Bushnell’s “triple tested.”
Superior Deluxe Lens — There is no such thing as a “deluxe lens” in the world of real optics. That’s just something to look important to the untutored.
50X50 and Field 11° — There is no such thing as a 50x50 binocular. If so, it would provide an exit pupil of 1 mm meaning the image would be as dark as a black cat ... in a cave... at midnight.
Wide Angle — 11 degrees WOULD BE “wide angle.” However, the same company produced a 100x100 (also a fraud to sucker the newbie), which also had an 11-degree field of view. So, how could the magnification be doubled with the field of view remaining the same.
Please see the attached, to see another Fuji ... CON (with emphasis on the CON) binocular.
No. 82267 — So, they made 82,000+ of these paperweights? I think not.
I have tried to research this pair of binoculars without any luck. Hoping someone has familiarity with this brand/type.
Nope, I don’t pull the heads off baby chicks at Easter. However, such sacks of animated sewage, who take money from the innocent newbie, get me spun up.
Welcome to the club. You will find answers you want here ... and perhaps some you don’t. BUT if you hang around a while you will have your understanding expanded and, perhaps, a little money saved.
If the binocular is collimated well enough, FORGET ALL THE LYING JUNK ON THE BACKPLATES AND use it and be happy until you can buy something better. :cat:
Cheers,
Bill