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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sammyboy" data-source="post: 1448696" data-attributes="member: 40715">Now given the Dialyts a going over with some WD-40, they look much much better now!  The focussing seems to be working better now too, I've found that putting a bit more pressure on the wheel whilst focussing improves matters, and it stops at both ends of the focussing spectrum whilst doing this!  Still not right, will mention it when I phone Zeiss tomorow about the eyecups.I've done a little comparative test between these, my Barska X-Trail 8x40 WA (Yes, I know! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> They were bought for £11.50 ex-demo from a local garden centre, not bad for the price!) and my near-mint Carl Zeiss Jena Jenoptem 10x50s (The multicoated version, s/no dates them to about 1979).Perhaps unsurprisingly the Dialyts were better than the Barskas.  The Zeiss were sharper, had better contrast and colour and despite all not being well with the Dialyt's focussing mechanism they were easier and quicker to focus.  Try as I might, I just can't quite seem to get the Barskas to focus properly or sharply - not sure if this is the focussing/dioptre adjustment or cheap optics.  Or both!Against the comparatively new Jenoptems the Dialyts won out again.  The CZJ's focussing was sharp and precise, just as the day they left the factory!  Clearer, sharper and more contrasty view than the Barskas, but the Dialyts had the edge again, not to mention a wider field of view, and better depth of focus.I was saving to buy a new pair of Zeiss or some secondhand Leicas but they were beyond me financially, so I've plumped for a pair of Pentax 8x36 DCF HS roofs (new, £83 inc p & p from Ebay) with phase coating.  These should provide more of a challenge for the veteran Dialyts, I'll do a little comparison between these two then the Pentax bins arrive!</blockquote>

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