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From: dhc@exodus.UUCP (David H. Copp)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Inexpensive Zykkor Binoculars
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Date: Sun, 22-Jul-84 16:53:11 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 22 16:53:11 1984
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Yesterday I bought a pair of 7 x 50 Zykkor binoculars for $30,
yup, $30 bucks!  They are no competition at all for good binoculars,
but they are a lot better than K-Mart models.  I have a hunch
that Zykkor (Japanese--with Hong Kong assembly?) is trying to
crack the U.S. market and is giving extra-good prices to build up
some volume.

I bought them from Camera World and Sound, 104 West 32nd St., NYC, 10001,
(212) 563-8770.  They even had 7 x 35 binocs for $20, but they didn't
focus closer than about 40 feet.

Has anybody heard of Zykkor?  Will the lenses dissolve in the rain?
-- 
				David H. Copp