Telescope Reviews: FMT-SX used prices dropping?

I have recently been following some auctions on a well known auction website and was surprised (pleasantly surprised in one case) by the relatively low prices that a Fuji 16x70 FMT and a 7x50 FMT sold for.

In the case of the 7x50, which was in near mint condition, it sold for just 200 UKP and another near mint 16x70 went for just 255 UKP! I appreciate that this is near the going rate for you guys in the States, but over here that is ridiculously cheap for these binos.

This is much less than I expected based on previous experience. I was also following the sale of a fuji meibo 10x70 in very good condition that went after a late flurry of bids for 430 UKP!

So why the huge difference? All auctions had plenty of people viewing the page so it's not lack of awareness. I would never expect to have to pay some 175 quid more to get a 70mm meibo over an FMT.

As an aside, despite not needing it I saw the low price that the 7x50 was going to sell for and sneaked it at the last moment with the 200 pound bid. It arrived yesterday and so far i'm very, very pleased with it. I'm not sure if my skies are quite dark enough to make the most of the 7mm exit pupil, but during the day it's a lovely bino to use.

I'll post a first light report this weekend hopefully and maybe do a comparitive review with the 10x50 FMT i have for those interested in the differences between these two under reasonably dark skies.

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Clear skies

Rich

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