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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WJC" data-source="post: 3671891" data-attributes="member: 25191">Hi, Andy:In so many ways REALITY trumps opinion, especially of the inexperienced. Be careful saying "FUJINON" because they come from a number of OEMs with as many quality levels. The Fujinon AR (Kamakura) (M22) was easily repaired. However, some genius in Washington determined we should not repair binoculars, anymore. I think there were a number of reasons for the change, not the least of which being cost and ease of working with the supplier.When I was picking up gear at the Coast Guard Station in Seattle, I came across half a pallet of MK28, 32, and 45 binos destined for the government landfill south of Bremerton. I told the commandant of the station that still being usable after 50 years of hard service including WWII SHOULD tell somebody something. In addition, I had parts for those binos back in the shop that were hermetically sealed in the early 50s. But, of course, the government knows it all!Finally, I have sent a number of observers to Captain's to purchase hard-to-find parts out of my binocular "bone yard." No more. I talked to Skip last week and he said at the time of the move the new owner had most of that "junk" thrown into a dumpster and hauled away. :cat:Bill</blockquote>