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Recent content by richard866945

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    Service TSN1/3 Scope

    A competent independent binocular repairer will usually be happy to work on telescopes.
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    don't know what it fits.

    I hope this thumbnail image is big enough.
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    don't know what it fits.

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    don't know what it fits.

    Thank you for the reply but if it is Opticron it must be an old version as it does not fit my HR 80 GA ED. Maybe why it was given to me.
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    don't know what it fits.

    I have been given a zoom eyepiece for a terrestrial telescope 25x-75x with a screw fitting 37.5mm. I don't know what make it fits. Can anyone help, please?
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    Binocular eyepiece repair

    In photo 4 you can see a shiny silver scratch on the right eyepiece. This shows where one of the grub screws made contact with the tube that holds the lenses but then slipped and made the mark. You should find two more around the circumference.
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    Binocular eyepiece repair

    in photo 2 the tube with lenses has screwed in too far. Carefully grip it and unscrew it , probably anti-clockwise so that there is enough plain metal showing. Look at the the piece in photo 3 and locate the three tiny grub screws. It is these that secure photo 3 to the top of photo 2. You will...
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    binoculars for aquarium

    Is that really what it costs in the USA to get a binocular aligned? I wish my customers would pay £157.
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    Daylite Diopter Question

    Remove the plastic eyecup.. Loosen the three grub screws in the eyepiece. Turn the silver coloured threaded part down about half way. Place the eyelenses inside the silver part. Replace the knurled eyepiece over the eyelenses and the silver part. Tighten the three grub screws and replace the...
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    Hello...I have a very old pair of small binoculars. I only have one eye piece and need help to find a new one. Any suggestions please?

    It looks rather similar to the Steiner Safari. Worth getting a binocular shop to take a look.
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    Bushnell Marine vs Nikon Action 7x50 Binoculars

    For years I was the Bushnell UK gtee repair workshop. My pocket binocular is a Nikon Travelite EX 8x25. Need I say more?
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    Anyone used DBA VHD+ from Opticron

    I have been handling / repairing binoculars since 1963 and have lost count of the number and types but my own main binocular is a 10x42 DBA VHD+ and I have no intention of changing it. I have owned Leicas and Zeiss West in the past and Meopta which was the best of the three but the Opticron...
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    Canon 10x30 IS stabilised binocular sticky covers

    It's certainly not exclusive to Canon. I have over the years had to remove the sticky coating from a number of different makes of binoculars and telescopes.
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    Have scopes nowadays Porro or Roof prisms?

    Thank you and it shows that we are never too old to learn. Richard
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    Have scopes nowadays Porro or Roof prisms?

    I have not heard an objective being called "slow". Pls what does that mean? Richard
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