Consequently, they did not carry the 'DDR' imprint. From now on these binoculars were no longer fakes, but Zeiss Jena glasses which were out-sourced to a Japanese factory. After a closer inspection, Zeiss representatives found these fakes to be close enough to the originals to suggest a deal: Since the demand for Jenoptems were higher than the production capacities in Jena, they issued a license to the Japanese manufacturer. Their origin could apparently be traced down to a Japanese factory. On one day suddenly faked Jenoptems came up. "the demand for Zeiss Jena binoculars was even higher, because they were reasonably good and their price tags were, after conversion to Western currencies, quite low. In doing a little bit of research I came across this website which had some important info I have quoted below. Have been looking at replacing my Bessier 10x50s since my beloved daughter dropped them, and decided I would go for some zeiss classics to complement some of my other kit.
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