Autzoo.1609 net.rec.birds utzoo!andy Thu Apr 29 16:18:19 1982 Re: Binocular Repair The double imaging problem sounds like a loose prism, but before sending your binoculars for repair, check to make sure the prisms are mounted in screwed-down clamps (not glued). Most "big name" brands have fully adjustable, metal mounts. I suggest you send them to the service department rather than to some independent repair shop. Aligning prisms is tricky business at the best of times. I speak from experience: I look after the in-house maintenance of over 1000 microscopes; any prism alignment calls for 6 cups of coffee, a bottle of aspirin and the patience of a saint. If at all possible, I send prism alignment problems out to the manufacturer because I have found that independent repair shops either: 1. Say they can't do it. or: 2. They screw it up even worse. or: 3. They send the problem to the manufacturer and charge me twice what the manufacturer would have charged had I gone directly to them in the first place. If you can't find the manufacturer of your binoculars locally, let me know and I can probably track down something for you. Andy Rubaszek decvax!utzoo!andy ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.