Binoculars - List of Binocular Manufacturers

List of Binocular Manufacturers

There are many companies that manufacturer binoculars, both past and present. They include:

  • Barska
  • Barr and Stroud (UK) — sold binoculars commercially and primary supplier to the Royal Navy in WWII. The new range of Barr & Stroud binoculars are currently made in China (Nov. 2011) and distributed by Optical Vision Ltd.
  • Bausch & Lomb (USA) — has not made binoculars since 1976, when they licensed their name to Bushnell, Inc., who made binoculars under the Bausch & Lomb name until the license expired, and was not renewed, in 2005.
  • Bresser (Germany)
  • Bushnell Corporation (USA)
  • Canon Inc (Japan) — I.S. series: porro variants?
  • Celestron
  • DOCTER (optics) (Germany) - Nobilem series (Porro prisms)
  • Fujinon (Japan) — FMTSX, FMTSX-2, MTSX series: porro.
  • I.O.R. (Romania)
  • Kamakura Koki Co., Ltd. - Large original equipment manufacturer manufacturer with factories in Japan and in China for companies such as Bushnell, Alpen, Zen Ray, Eagle Optics, Leupold & Stevens, Vixen
  • Leica Camera (Germany) — Ultravid, Duovid, Geovid, Trinovid: all are roof prism.
  • Leupold & Stevens, Inc (USA)
  • Meade Instruments (USA)– Glacier (roof prism), TravelView (porro), CaptureView (folding roof prism) and Astro Series (roof prism). Also sells under the name Coronado.
  • Meopta (Czech Republic) — Meostar B1 (roof prism).
  • Minox
  • Miyauchi (Japan)
  • Nikon (Japan) — EDG Series, High Grade series, Monarch series, RAII, Spotter series: roof prism; Prostar series, Superior E series, E series, Action EX series: porro.
  • Olympus Corporation (Japan)
  • Pentax (Japan) — DCFED/SP/XP series: roof prism; UCF series: inverted porro; PCFV/WP/XCF series: porro.
  • Steiner (Germany)
  • Sunagor (Japan)
  • Swarovski Optik
  • Takahashi Seisakusho (Japan)
  • Vixen (telescopes) (Japan) — Apex/Apex Pro: roof prism; Ultima: porro.
  • Vivitar (USA)
  • Vortex Optics (USA)
  • Yukon Optics (Worldwide)
  • Zeiss (Germany) — FL, Victory, Conquest: roof prism; 7×50 BGAT/T porro, 15×60 BGA/T porro, discontinued.

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