Info on Bausch & Lomb 7X50 61-7500 (2 Viewers)

[gulf1263]

Have a pair of Bausch & Lomb 7x50, 61-7500.
Has the range finder reticle built in.
Serial V851003.
Any idea when these were made and who made them for B&L.
Thanks.
Art

 

[henry link]

I can give you a little information. The 61-7500 model appears in a 1987 dealer price list as one of the Discoverer Series. The list price was $589.95, street price was $331.88, which made it the most expensive B&L Porro at that point.

It looks to me like the same binocular as the Swift Storm King and a contemporary Celestron 7x50 IF RA. There were probably others. I don't know who made it, but it's probably the same OEM that made the other Discoverers and the Storm King, Celestron, etc.

Henry

 

[gulf1263]

Thanks Henry, much appreciated.
They are huge, like in the Fujion 7X50's.
So cheap I couldn't pass them up.
Thanks again.
Art

 

[gulf1263]

Hi Henry.
Saw a picture on the Katsuma web site of a pair of 7x50's that looked from the front (only picture shown) identical to my B&L's.
From the weight at least and size there appears on the face of it to be a lot of aluminum and glass involved.
I am impressed with the "bigness" and the view (bino was probably made in the mid to late 1980's), front lens has a lens coating that is light purple.
Work OK under the orange color street lights.
Saw a picture of a pair of Brunton's that appeared identical, they wanted $390.00 for them.
Art

 

[lozninja]

Ive often fancied a pair if these

but unfortunately everytime a pair of Bausch and lomb anything ,

they never seem to be working properly


but they are crisp and clear

 

[lozninja]

Ive often fancied a pair if these

but unfortunately everytime I find a pair of Bausch and lomb anything ,

they never seem to be working properly


but they are crisp and clear