One thing to remember about "modern" binoculars made of thermoplastic instead of cast-aluminum housings... If left in a hot car in summer, the plastic will become soft and the housings will deform. They can lose collimation even if you don't drop them. Dave Bennett has the right idea. Forget the cheap Chinese binos, spend 3x the money and buy Fujinons. On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 4:28 PM, D P Pierce <starsbirdsglyphs@gmail.com>wrote:
I've also got a pair of Meade binos that are badly out of collimation. 3 years ago they were great and I don't remember dropping or bumping them. Does anyone want to make a pair of finder scopes out of them and sell one back to me cheap? I think they are 8 X 50's but can't find them right now so I'm not sure of the 1st #.