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Article #3773Cockeyed Binocs(was Re: Cheap or Expensive Binoculars?)
From: Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 23:21
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 23:21
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In article <mc0ZVB1w165w@bluemoon.use.com>, gerry@bluemoon.use.com (Gerard M. Foley) writes:
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> In 1986, in preparation for a cruise off the Brazilian coast,
> nominally to see comet Halley, I bought 7 X 50 K-Mart Focal brand
> binoculars for about $50. These rubber encased binoculars gave very
> satisfactory performance until recently. Now they are decollimated, so
> that star images are double. My visual accomodation can fuse bright
> images, in the daytime.
I had a similar experience with my cheap 10x50s. Now I just leave one
lens cap on and observe with a "monocular," but this is hardly
satisfactory.
Is there any hope that I could recollimate this cockeyed instrument
somehow?
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