A few weeks ago I dropped my binoculars on soft
ground (again). This threw them out of alignment. The company that used to
collimate binoculars in Newcastle is no longer prepared to do it and suggests
I send them to a firm in Sydney who charge $80. This morning I accidently
dropped my spare pair and now they need collimating as well. I can no longer
afford to keep getting my binoculars collimated and the inconvenience of
sending them or taking them to Sydney is too great. Seems to me I have four
options:
1) Fix them myself
2) Find someone in the Newcastle area who will do
them at a reasonable price.
3) Buy a new pair that are rugged enough to
survive the odd bump or two
4) Give up birding
I would be interested to hear if any
birding-aussers could help with advice on any of the first three options
(option 4 I would have to manage on my own, although counselling might
help).
Paul Osborn
