The internal focus mechanism on my Carl Zeiss Dialyts 8 x 30B has broken on one side. They did not like a trip to the Netherlands in February and seized up and broke. (The right side is good) I would prefer to repair them rather than trying my luck with another model. I bought them second-hand 10 years ago and have never been happier; the optical quality is still very high and they have survived many hours of hard birding in tropical conditions. These old model roof-prism Zeiss were precision made and better than some of the newer Zeiss.
Question: Assuming I don't have a warranty how much does it cost to fix these things nowadays? I am very attached to them. The only binoculars I have had access to that compared favourably cost at least US$1500. If I want to buy new I would have to buy sight unseen. If I could fix them for about $200 I would contemplate it.
Question: Assuming I don't have a warranty how much does it cost to fix these things nowadays? I am very attached to them. The only binoculars I have had access to that compared favourably cost at least US$1500. If I want to buy new I would have to buy sight unseen. If I could fix them for about $200 I would contemplate it.