Earlier this year I acquired an FPO-manufactured Bushnell 7x35 10.0* silver-ring Rangemaster. Despite being manufactured at least 55 years ago the optical and mechanical quality of this glass is excellent and it has become my most-used and most-treasured glass.
I want to publicly extend my appreciation to:
1. David Bushnell for his ethos of providing the best possible product. As David Bushnell himself put it:
"The Rangemaster was not based on any previous design. It was just the best they [Fuji Photo Optical] could produce. We always told them that they should make the best they could produce, and we would pay for it."
2. Fuji Photo Optical for designing and manufacturing this classic binocular.
3. John Dracon for championing this superb but largely overlooked glass. I knew of this glass from Fan Tao but it was John's comments here on this forum that spurred me to obtain a sample and I am unlikely to have done so otherwise.
So thank you again John Dracon, David Bushnell and Fuji Photo Optical!
Graham
I want to publicly extend my appreciation to:
1. David Bushnell for his ethos of providing the best possible product. As David Bushnell himself put it:
"The Rangemaster was not based on any previous design. It was just the best they [Fuji Photo Optical] could produce. We always told them that they should make the best they could produce, and we would pay for it."
2. Fuji Photo Optical for designing and manufacturing this classic binocular.
3. John Dracon for championing this superb but largely overlooked glass. I knew of this glass from Fan Tao but it was John's comments here on this forum that spurred me to obtain a sample and I am unlikely to have done so otherwise.
So thank you again John Dracon, David Bushnell and Fuji Photo Optical!
Graham