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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ceasar" data-source="post: 3288885" data-attributes="member: 26155">Frankly Bill, I was hoping that Nikon would replace his binocular like they did my EDG I if Perseid decides to send them back to Nikon for one more attempt at a "fix."  That is why I gave him the address in Melville, NY.  I'm sure that Nikon sent me a replacement  EDG II because my EDG I had been discontinued. The two had different body designs but their optics were unchanged and they were Nikon's top of the line binoculars. I think doing collimation fixes like this on relatively inexpensive roof prism binoculars like Perseids is too costly for the numerous OEMs who specialize in making these kinds of binoculars; and as you noted there is a scarcity of well trained technicians capable of doing them.  It is a different story with top of the line binoculars which are the only kind that companies like Swarovski and Leica make.   Nikon, while it has made top of the line roof prism binoculars like the EDGs, HGL, along with their great Porro prism binoculars has for many years also had numerous varieties of inexpensive binoculars built for them under their name.     Bob</blockquote>