The Fuji Meibo 25×150 is among the largest and most powerful binoculars ever produced for naval service. It is an instrument of an entirely different order from conventional binoculars: 150-millimeter objective lenses in each barrel, 25x magnification, and a resolving power at extreme range that made it the premier long-distance observation instrument of the Japanese naval service. Manufactured by Fuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd. in Japan in the 1970s, the 25×150 was designed exclusively for fixed deck mounting, its scale and weight demanding a permanent platform, and its optical performance rewarding one.
The sand-cast aluminum body has been hand-polished to a mirror finish, the surface worked to a brilliance that preserves all original casting details and markings. Polished brass sunshades to the objectives. The original gimbal mount, complete and operational, is retained. The instrument is presented on a Carl Zeiss field tripod of c.1940s manufacture, the pairing uniting two of the foremost names in twentieth-century optical engineering.
The optics are in excellent condition throughout.
Price on application
The Fuji Meibo 25×150 is among the largest and most powerful binoculars ever produced for naval service. It is an instrument of an entirely different order from conventional binoculars: 150-millimeter objective lenses in each barrel, 25x magnification, and a resolving power at extreme range that made it the premier long-distance observation instrument of the Japanese naval service. Manufactured by Fuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd. in Japan in the 1970s, the 25×150 was designed exclusively for fixed deck mounting, its scale and weight demanding a permanent platform, and its optical performance rewarding one.
The sand-cast aluminum body has been hand-polished to a mirror finish, the surface worked to a brilliance that preserves all original casting details and markings. Polished brass sunshades to the objectives. The original gimbal mount, complete and operational, is retained. The instrument is presented on a Carl Zeiss field tripod of c.1940s manufacture, the pairing uniting two of the foremost names in twentieth-century optical engineering.
The optics are in excellent condition throughout.
Price on application
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