Kenko Tokina Co., Ltd. is the sole global distributor of TOMYTEC 'BORG' brand products
We believe that by providing BORG products to photo and astro fans across the globe, we can bring new value into the market, and greater excitement in the lives of our users.
From their conception, BORG lenses have utilized high-quality, full-scale glass lenses. In 2010, the BORG 71FL was the first model to adopt Japanese made apochromat fluorite glass elements by Canon Optron, Inc. As of 2022, most BORG models on the market are built with these elements.
The name BORG (bōgu) is a combination of the Japanese words 望遠鏡 bōenkyō (telescope) and 道具 dōgu (tool). I.e., BORG is your telescopic tool.
A new solution for those who are not satisfied with conventional telescopes
Your telescope becomes a super high quality tele photo lens!
BORG's astronomical telescopes come with a prism that allows users to observe celestial objects immediately upon purchase. Adding to its versatility, if you replace the prism with a camera mount adapter, your telescope will become a high-quality tele photo lens, that you can enjoy bird photography with! Have confidence in the Japanese made quality the BORG lenses, barrels and helicoids provide when customizing your BORG.
Carbon fiber barrels are lightweight, durable and Made in Japan
The 'C' in the CR Telescope Sets and CH Tele Lens Sets represents the carbon fiber barrel they incorporate. Carbon fiber made barrels are lightweight, robust, and beautiful to look at, but they are expensive to produce and have not been widely used in telescopes until BORG. TOMYTEC's design and innovation has enabled the mass production of these high-grade carbon fiber optical barrels, creating an unprecedented telescope that is as light as possible. It is now a standard feature on high-end BORG products.
Mobility and compactness
Conventional telescopes and super tele lenses are long, bulky and heavy, and required the use of vehicles to carry them to location. BORG's unique system of interchangeable objective lenses and extendable carbon fiber barrels allows mobility and compactness - a great advantage for users to personally carry their BORG in hand when outdoors or transiting on buses, planes and other public transport.
Separable Parts System
BORG products can be disassembled into individual, easy to carry components, and reassembled according to your needs, something conventional astronomic telescopes cannot accomplish.
Enjoy BORG Night and Day
BORG can be converted from a high-quality astronomical telescope to a photographic tele lens by swapping in the relevant camera mount adapter. Enjoy BORG at night star gazing, and during the day bird shooting!
Interchangeable Objective Lens
Conventional telescopes have fixed focal lengths; however, BORG incorporates interchangeable objective lenses into their designs. This means that you don't need to purchase a whole new telescope in order to reach distant objects, but can use a consistent set up with different BORG lenses.
Compatible with DSLR and mirrorless cameras
BORG telescopes can be easily converted to tele lenses by swapping in a BORG camera mount adapter. BORG has a wide range of camera mount adapters which are exclusively designed to fit telescope optics, and are compatible with most commercially available DSLR and mirrorless cameras.
Lightweight and Compact
Lightweight products are achieved through the carbon fiber made barrels, and maximum compactness is possible thanks to the detachable and extendable components. When disassembled, telescopes can be carried in a camera bag.
