Hi All.
Is there anyone in Australia who can repair Zeiss binoculars?
I sent my expensive top of the line 10x42s back to Germany to repair a faulty eyepiece mechanism a year ago.
$1200.00 later they sent them back as good as new, having also replaced a slightly scratched lens and cleaned them up a bit.
Last month on a Bird of Paradise trip to West Papua, BOTH eyepiece mechanisms failed (one fell right out, the other seized and wouldn’t move) before the first Bop .
I had a spare pair of cheap 8×42 backups and soon realised that expensive optics really do make a difference at the limits of light and distance. With the el cheapos colours and markings were just not discernable at a distance or in the gloom, whereas the Swarovski users were picking them up with apparent ease.
Zeiss want me to send the bins back to see if they are covered by warranty. Insured post to them (and back) is over $50 each way with no guarantees that they will be fixed under warranty, or not fail again in the field.
Before I bin these bins with beautiful optics but mechanically useless and not worth good money after bad, is there someone in Oz who might be able to fix them?
Otherwise Swarovski here I come.
Cheers
Michael
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