Swift #718 Vulcan 7x35

Mfr: FPO (Fuji Photo Optical)

Date: circa late 1960's

AFOV: ~70 degrees

TFOV: ~10 degrees, 525 feet at 1000 yards

Eye Relief: ~14mm

Prisms: high index

This is a little gem of a binocular.  Optically it is very similar to the FPO made Bushnell Rangemaster.  However, the body has been greatly reduced in size (see photo above with Rangemaster on right).  It is one of the smallest wide angle 7x35 binoculars I have seen.  The construction is excellent, with features such as click stop diopter settings.  Unfortunately, the eyecups on my sample are fixed, though a Swift catalog mentions retractable eyecups.  There is almost no light leakage evident.  The wide angle view is comfortable and seems a bit more than advertised (I would estimate it at closer to 11 degrees).  If it loses anything to the Rangemaster, it may be that it is slightly softer at the edge, but that is hard to discern.