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Szmako81

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Hungary
Dear Birders,

Forgive me if I am wrong, however there might be a defect in the focus wheel or what it is called here in the first picture uploaded!? It does not seem horizontal to me in that pic!
Need explanation!
The pic is from a site in Austria.
The second one is from Tobias Menle.

Szabolcs
 

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It is the diopter setting dial mechanism on the SF......mine is also not horizontal, in fact more of an angle than in the first image. I cannot recall if it was ever level to be honest.
"Focus wheel". What an idiot I am! Yes it is the diopter setting dial mechanism.
I thought it meant to be horizontal.
 
If you look at my pair, there is a white dot on the closest bridge that the dioptre arrow tip aligns with when in the neutral position - looks like Zeiss have modified this layout as the arrow is now a raised part of the dial. Altering the IPD does make a very slight difference to how the symbols line up.
Yes, they need a clean!
 

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It's a defect. Don't buy it!

PS. the owner has probably just adjusted the diopter knob for his own individual eyesight...
 
It's a defect. Don't buy it!

PS. the owner has probably just adjusted the diopter knob for his own individual eyesight...
Yes, one adjusts the diopter knob for his/her own eyesight.
However, to my way of thinking, the plastic ring moves around the +/- scale, the scale itself does not move...
Last week I tried two HTs (8x42), none of them had this feature with the knob.
 

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