tenex
reality-based
Following up on my comments in an earlier thread ("Well Done Zeiss")...
Zeiss USA told me P* prisms were no longer available for my old 8x30 B Dialyt. They actually are, in Germany (as Lee found out), but would cost E 500+ to install, which doesn't seem a worthwhile investment. (I don't care to get into whether that's reasonable again, but will note that Swarovski and Leica have both been reported to perform similar upgrades at no additional cost.)
They told me it would take 1-3 weeks to simply fix the play and stiffness in the focus wheel. It's been 3 weeks, so I called to check and was told they have a backlog, the repair has not yet been done, and they have no idea when it may be.
I asked to be notified when the return shipment eventually occurred, and was told that might or might not happen.
Caveat emptor.
Zeiss USA told me P* prisms were no longer available for my old 8x30 B Dialyt. They actually are, in Germany (as Lee found out), but would cost E 500+ to install, which doesn't seem a worthwhile investment. (I don't care to get into whether that's reasonable again, but will note that Swarovski and Leica have both been reported to perform similar upgrades at no additional cost.)
They told me it would take 1-3 weeks to simply fix the play and stiffness in the focus wheel. It's been 3 weeks, so I called to check and was told they have a backlog, the repair has not yet been done, and they have no idea when it may be.
I asked to be notified when the return shipment eventually occurred, and was told that might or might not happen.
Caveat emptor.