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Minox binoculars, declining quality

To: David Clark <>
Subject: Minox binoculars, declining quality
From: Tony Russell <>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 22:18:10 +0000
Perhaps you both needed a bath ?

On 12 December 2017 at 18:42, David Clark <> wrote:

> I had a similar problem but it turned out to be deteriorating eyesight
> rather declining optics quality 🙁
>
> Cheers
>
> David
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > 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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