11/7/2023 0 Comments E leitz wetzlar binoculars 6x30My Binuxit seems to be a rather late one, probably from the second half of the 1950s, Holger Merlitz states the Binuxit was built from 1927 till 1962 () and there is a very nice flickr page with comments of passionate users. Some of these guys also clearly prefer the Binuxit to the Zeiss West. I gave my sample a thorough cleaning, both from top and bottom, both prisms each side, and the rear lens of the objectives. It seems the plastic seal on the prism plates has turned into a waxy substance and fogged up parts of the prism. I´m not a technician, but following Simon Spiers´ fine video (thank you so much!) about cleaning porros and fetching the tools, paper towel, acetone, window cleaner and rubber gloves I had some fun. The build quality is fantastic and both prisms sit absolutely tight in their housing without any play, but are easy to take out after the strong metal clamps have been removed. The construction looks beautifully simple but it´s a lot of precision in the details and I got a feeling why these instruments were so expensive in their days. The objectives were a bit hard to unscrew but it worked out fine. It´s always amazing to see what a bit of cleaning can do (that´s true for the objective front lens, too!).
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