Greenkat Binoculars

[mcut]

does anyone know anything about these. i have got a pair from my granddad.

[radioactive]

just spotted this

ZM2535 Greenkat Binoculars 15 x 35 Quick Focus Ultraviolet Objectives Zoom 7x fully Coated Optics+caps+strap no case Exc++to Mint- £39

info from the camera house

http://www.the-camera-house.co.uk/5x.stm

Can't see any other info yet mate

oh there is this scroll to the bottom they look well

http://www.cardiff-astronomical-society.co.uk/instrum.html

[AlexG]

Oh blimey, shows my age.

Was given a pair of 8 x 30 GreenKat binoculars when I was about 11. Still got them, use them for birding and sky watching.

I believe they were a perfectly reasonable Japanese binocular manufacturer in the 60s and 70s. Don't know what happened after that, I think the trail runs cold. Mine, by modern standards, are hopelessly outdated. You have to be careful about humidity or they will fog up etc but perfectly serviceable. Good as a spare pair but I think a modern pair would be much better.

AG

[Brass n glass]

I may as well admit it - I'm ancient enough to remember Greenkat binoculars and telescopes. I don't think they ever made anything; the name was just a label stuck on things that were made all over the place like Bresser, Opticron, Tasco and a host of others today. I think most Gteenkat binoculars were made in Japan in the 1960s, but I believe some were made in Hong Kong - Hugh.

[orion f6.3]

my first 10x50s. a press from my dad i was 14 now 41, fond memories

[mcut]

oh dear, double vision and a number of bash marks to the exterior. i think they may be well out of alignment. never mind

[Brass n glass]

From what I remember from years ago, they were awkward so-and-so's to collimate and hard to get into without breaking them