An interesting read from Nikon (1 Viewer)

[Mikbul]

One interesting fact I did not know is that Nikon has a glass factory in China as well as Japan?

Glass for geeks: An in-depth tour of Nikon’s Hikari Glass factory

I've been on a lot of factory tours with various camera and lens manufacturers before, but had never had a chance to see how the optical glass was made that goes into the lenses we use every day. So I was really happy to receive…

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[Ruff-Leg]

The Nikon Monarch ED Fieldscope is made MIC, and is well known for its optical excellence and high level of quality control. Shows that with the right specs and processes, MIC can be great!

 

[Mikbul]

The Nikon Monarch ED Fieldscope is made MIC, and is well known for its optical excellence and high level of quality control. Shows that with the right specs and processes, MIC can be great!

I have a pair of 8X42 M7's coming from Nikon tomorrow.

 

[fazalmajid]

The Nikon Monarch ED Fieldscope is made MIC, and is well known for its optical excellence and high level of quality control. Shows that with the right specs and processes, MIC can be great!

In these parts the ED50 is known for snapping in half at the slightest provocation, hardly a ringing endorsement of MIC. That's the main reason I went for a made-in-Japan Opticron MM4 50 instead.

ED 50 Disaster

I bought my wife a Cley Spey Stay on Case for her ED50 for Christmas. I was trying to remove the EP to make fitting the case easier and... the scope split in two! I think it is beyond repair and I am hoping the house insurance will cover it. Any ideas who would be best to take the scope to...

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[dries1]

The last post in that ed50 thread was hilarious.

 

[Richard D]

In these parts the ED50 is known for snapping in half at the slightest provocation, hardly a ringing endorsement of MIC. That's the main reason I went for a made-in-Japan Opticron MM4 50 instead.

ED 50 Disaster

I bought my wife a Cley Spey Stay on Case for her ED50 for Christmas. I was trying to remove the EP to make fitting the case easier and... the scope split in two! I think it is beyond repair and I am hoping the house insurance will cover it. Any ideas who would be best to take the scope to...

www.birdforum.net

Then again I've had an ED50 for well over 10yrs and it's still fine...