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Message: <blockquote data-quote="steve@37n84w" data-source="post: 2442107" data-attributes="member: 93669">Thanks for the run down on the various Rangemasters. I'm a big fan of high quality vintage porros but have yet to acquire any of the Rangemaster series. Thanks to your post I've now got a better idea of which variation would suit my needs. The optical quality of many of the vintage Japanese porros is simply amazing. I've got three alpha roofs, over ten premium porros of recent/current production; however, the sharpest binocular I own is a Nikon 9x35 7.3* J Pat.  Some of the vintage Canon porros are very sharp also but Nikon was a step ahead in the quality of their coatings giving them the better overall image. Thanks again for the Rangemaster specs, they will be helpful when I'm surfing the "bay". I'm particularly interested in the IF version of the Rangemaster as I don't consider IF a liability in a wide angle binocular, especially considering the ruggedness of a well made IF porro. Steve</blockquote>