rich
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I managed to find a pair of Steiners in an antique shop,
£10. I don’t know if the shop keeper knew what they were,
£10. I don’t know if the shop keeper knew what they were,
Yes as said I would try to glue them. Firstly with a fast harden glue. (superglue ) Then build up with epoxy or similar thick glue to make a bridge between the 2 parts. You won't be able to adjust them for sprread for smaller faces just set them up for your self. ol'will
If they were waterproof, then a seal has failed. If they are not waterproof, then it is not unusual.Sorry thread drift
I have a pair in the van, when i grabbed them a fortnight ago they fogged up when i got them outside to view a roof, they have never done that before anyone hazard a guess why ?
The compass capsule isusually held in place by three grub screws and silicon. If it doesn't have a bubble then you should be able to remove the cover and reset the compass in its correct position.I've dropped mine and the compass has gone out of alignment. Is there a self fix for it?
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Alfie, you have raised an interesting point. How many 'brands' actually have a factory?Thankyou for that, but I had already seen similar to those in my searches and decided to go for a brand I know.
Alfie, you have raised an interesting point. How many 'brands' actually have a factory?
Zeiss, leitz, Swarovski, Canon, Nikon and Fuji. But Bushnell have never had a factory. Their Elite models are from Kamakura.
.......So yesterday I spent a couple of hours unstickying them with surgical spirit and was feeling pretty pleased with the overall result. Then I did some bird watching , then I put them on the sofa........then they fell off the sofa onto the lounge carpet...... It wasn't a big bash, but the plastic hinge just snapped clean off. I suspect plastics fatigue as I saw it all the time in even the most expensive heating boilers, and many cars suffer from it too.......
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I don't know how careful you were with the surgical spirit. That might have had something to do with it.
Not on such short exposure, and anyway the part that broke had not gone sticky so it didn't get much attention apart from a rub over with a microfibre cloth. I think it was one of those 'judo throw' type accidents where it landed just on the wrong bit to inflict the maximum possible shock to the critical component. Sheer luck...for want of a better phrase..
If there was an existing crack it doesn't take much to liquid to finish the job. I'll accept a careless accident as your excuse, always annoying! Also annoying is manufacturers using cheap and nasty polymers.
That is interesting and not that surprising. The pair of Bushnells I bought for my dad back in 1989 were a compact pair I bought from a camera shop in Leeds. They were prismatic and the objective lenses were closer together than the viewing lenses, but thats all I can remember about them, except that they seemed very good to me trying them out in the street when I bought them, and my dad absolutely loved them right from the off and was very crestfallen to have lost them twelve years later. I meant to get him another pair, but could not find the model as I remembered it....but my memory was a bit shaky. So that really is my experience of Bushnells.
My other pair I have had for 30 years is a Bresser Jaguar 8 x 40. They have been OK, but only just. They pretend to be German, but I have always assumed they are not really. The focus wheel has gone 'tight' on them and the rubber knurled band on the focus wheel is knackered and slack. I can't even remember where I bought them. I have tried the odd drop of oil without dismantling, but its not made a big difference to the stiffness when trying to focus.
Wikipedia is informative about Bushnell
Bushnell Corporation - Wikipedia.
I have a pair of Zeiss 7 x 50B inherited from my father, they are excellent but they are probably more relevant in a thread about anchors...
My other..other binoculars are by A. Kershaw & Sons of Leeds and simply have a 6 x on them and a broad arrow. They belonged to a major who I knew in his later years and they were given to me by his son who was my fathers dental partner. I have no idea if they went to war or not, but I suspect he was in the WW2 reserve from his WW1 service judging by his age.
Buy some desiccant and keep them in a sealed food bag. Should suck out any moisture. I have a landbased pair and look after them but recently stuck them in a sealed bag when I bought some desiccant for a different job, Was very surprised to see how much moisture my looked after pair had around them. No fungus inside luckily and they look as good as new, but obviously there was some moisture in there somewhere, Boat ones have nitrogen in them so hopefully the will be ok.Sorry thread drift
I have a pair in the van, when i grabbed them a fortnight ago they fogged up when i got them outside to view a roof, they have never done that before anyone hazard a guess why ?
Kershaw rang a little bell. Became part of the Rank group.
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