Customers sometimes ask how long I have been using
binoculars. The answer is simple - for a very long time. Believe it or not, I remember the days when many of the common
binocular features found on inexpensive binoculars, today, didn't even exist and when these features did first appear, they were available on only the most expensive binoculars. How old are you?
"You know you are an
old binocular user" if you can remember when there was no such thing as multi-coating - only single layer lens coatings existed on binoculars. Yes, there was even a time when having all the lenses in a binocular coated with a single layer of magnesium fluoride was a big deal. "You know you are an old binocular user" if you can remember a day when roof prisms were the new kid on the block and the only roof prism binoculars available were very expensive. In those days, porro prism binoculars outnumbered roof prisms by at least ten to one. Even when roofs did start appearing in any numbers, there was no such thing as "phase-correction" (PC). That appeared many years, later. "You know you are an old binocular user" if you can also remember how hard it was to find a binocular with long eye relief or one that was even waterproof. Armoring was even a rarity. "You know you are an old binocular user" if you can also remember a day when NO binoculars were made in China. Oh, how things have changed in the binocular market.