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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ailevin" data-source="post: 3552413" data-attributes="member: 140149">My favorite is a Fujinon Meibo 7x50 purchased just about 30 years ago.  It was my first quality optic, and a big step up from my older sporting goods 7x50s.  The Fujis were purchased second hand from LA Optics, a shop that specialized in astronomical optics, books, and gear.  This was before I invested in telescopes, eyepieces, mounting systems, and on and on.  My initial astronomical observations and endless Wow! moments occurred in that first summer and fall using those binoculars.About 15 years ago, I realized that they were just sitting in a closet (in their lovely leather case), and a friend from an astronomy forum online asked if I would be willing to sell them. I sold them to him, and then I started to feel a nagging regret, like I had abandoned a close relative.  About a year later I noticed that my friend was raving about his new IS binoculars, and I asked him how much he was using the Fujis.  He immediately took the hint and graciously sold them back to me.  I won't be parting with them again, though I use them considerably less than my regular astronomy binoculars (15x45 IS) or my regular birding binoculars (9x45 roof).Alan</blockquote>