elkcub
Silicon Valley, California
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Swarovski Focusers: facts at last. (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Troubador
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HighNorth
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Somebody quote Lee so I can see what he said.
If we are all on each other's ignore lists, how will we be able to read each other's posts?
perterra
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If we are all on each other's ignore lists, how will we be able to read each other's posts?
Well, yeah, but Lee is a trouble maker. Just look at his name.
I just need to make sure he aint talking about me. B
SuperDuty
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Can you pin it down just a little closer than "a fault"?
justabirdwatcher
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I would agree with this.
Kammerdiner
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Well, maybe not. BF has a habit of creating faults, "Achilles' Heels, Deniers, Knights and Defenders of Absam, etc., etc." It gets old.
Just enjoy.
Mark
brocknroller
A professed porromaniac
Quote:
more and more birders are buying Swaros (mainly ELs), and that it might be time to rethink that design feature and to reinvent the (focuser) wheel to make it more suitable for birding.
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more and more birders are buying Swaros (mainly ELs), and that it might be time to rethink that design feature and to reinvent the (focuser) wheel to make it more suitable for birding.
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Gritty and stiff focus, intermittently. at times very smooth, then at others not. It was this thread that mad me think something may be wrong.
So you didn't go with my vice grip solution ? 3
A tad bit overkill I think
Mine felt as if a grain of sand that mover around. It was there and then it wasn't. Odd but was living with it until this thread mad me think. Mine are EL's. Down side is now I have no bins aside from my wife's Opticron's that I bought her years ago that whilst not in the same league will suffice.
Well, yeah, but Lee is a trouble maker. Just look at his name.
Whoa there, Lone Star buddy.
Troubadours were singers of songs of love and devotion, how on earth could this cause trouble? :smoke:
Unless the object of devotion was the other guy's wife........ :eek!:
Lee
I wonder if people are cleaning their bins with water now and then. I find this does wonders to remove grit and other foreign matter from the focus mechanism. Just ensure the diopter mechanism is closed. Rinsing puts a few o's in smooooooth. B
If this is in response to my issue its been there from Day 1. I am fastidious about cleaning my gear but would never intentional get water into the mechanism.
It wasn't. The tolerances on these pop-up diopter mechanisms are quite slim. The Swaros knobs are extremely close to the body and some rub causing friction and resistance. I found that a rinse under the tap usually results in smoother operation. I have not performed a particulate matter analysis so all I can do is assume the water flushes out accumulated dust, environmental crud and/or simply lubricates the mechanism. It's just an observation I've had since 2004 when I purchased an Ultravid.
perterra
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perterra
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:-O No, and I dont think I'm going to now!!! :-O
jan van daalen
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