Minox binoculars, declining quality

[David Clark <>]

I had a similar problem but it turned out to be deteriorating eyesight rather 
declining optics quality 🙁

Cheers 

David

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> On 12 Dec 2017, at 6:34 pm, calyptorhynchus . <> 
> wrote:
> 
> I am a great believer in budget optics because I think it's possible to get
> a good quality image from binoculars without paying too much, and it would
> be heart-breaking to have binoculars worth $1000s stolen/lost/damaged.
> 
> I had a pair of Minox 10 x 44 binoculars I was very happy with, they got a
> problem and Minox replaced them. They got another problem and this time
> they were out of warranty, but Minox said to me I could have a pair of the
> successor model (BV 10 x 44) at a wholesale price, so I took them up on
> this.
> 
> However, when they arrived I found the optics were markedly inferior to my
> old Minox binoculars. I couldn't get a sharp image, and I guess that Minox
> has been cutting corners with lens quality &c. So I am having to return
> them.
> 
> I'll have to cross Minox off my list of quality budget optics. :-(
> 
> -- 
> John Leonard
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