Curtis Croulet
Well-known member
An update. And this one's not so good.
In mid-July I happened to look down into the objective ends of my FL, and I was horrified to see a huge, white, roughly spheroidal, object on the inner surface of the right objective ("right" as you hold it to observe). The spot had surprisingly little affect on the view, although, once I knew it was there, I could detect it under certain conditions. I assume this was a growth of fungus. I'll probably never know for sure. But it says to me that Zeiss NA breached the seal during their previous repair and never purged or resealed the right binocular tube.
So, the bins went back to Zeiss in VA for repair under warranty, which they performed. Again, it took about three weeks to get the binoculars back. HOWEVER, the rubber armoring is not correctly assembled. Nothing's sticking out or in the way, but flanges that are supposed to be under the adjoining piece are exposed instead, and it looks like the objectives were just sort of jammed or screwed on without regard to what was happening with the armor. This may seem like a small thing, but I'm getting the impression that Zeiss's Virginia office can be careless about some things. I'm guessing this wouldn't have happened if the binox had gone to Germany for repair. Also, left over from the previous repair, the close focus isn't as close as it once was.
In mid-July I happened to look down into the objective ends of my FL, and I was horrified to see a huge, white, roughly spheroidal, object on the inner surface of the right objective ("right" as you hold it to observe). The spot had surprisingly little affect on the view, although, once I knew it was there, I could detect it under certain conditions. I assume this was a growth of fungus. I'll probably never know for sure. But it says to me that Zeiss NA breached the seal during their previous repair and never purged or resealed the right binocular tube.
So, the bins went back to Zeiss in VA for repair under warranty, which they performed. Again, it took about three weeks to get the binoculars back. HOWEVER, the rubber armoring is not correctly assembled. Nothing's sticking out or in the way, but flanges that are supposed to be under the adjoining piece are exposed instead, and it looks like the objectives were just sort of jammed or screwed on without regard to what was happening with the armor. This may seem like a small thing, but I'm getting the impression that Zeiss's Virginia office can be careless about some things. I'm guessing this wouldn't have happened if the binox had gone to Germany for repair. Also, left over from the previous repair, the close focus isn't as close as it once was.