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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sammyboy" data-source="post: 1464467" data-attributes="member: 40715">The Carl Zeiss 8x30 Dialyts I got recently are an excellent pair, and (according to Zeiss anyway lol!) they were manufactured in 1970 so no phase coating or T* multicoatings!  Imagewise they are not too far behind my modern, phase coated Pentax 8x36 bins and are a joy to hold and use.  I especially like the dioptre adjustment being situated on a dial behind the main focus ring, which is also tight enough not to be adjusted accidentally.  The sharpness is almost as good as the Pentaxes, maybe a slight yellow/brownish cast on the Dialyts but it is only slight!  They're a bit hard to come by and rather expensive still but that shows in their build quality and image quality.  Mine have a few slight issues - the focusser is slightly sloppy but still focusses smoothly and fine (especially after I tightened the screws on the focus ring) and the objective elements look like they've separated a bit at the edges but doesn't effect image quality - just a couple of things to look out for!  Mine cost me £111 off Ebay though later examples in better nick can go for quite a bit more than that!</blockquote>