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Thursday, September 08, 2005
Collimation on giant binoculars
We usually hear a lot of negatives about products made in China (I've added my gripes to the list from time to time), but there are features that I do like about some of the Chinese made stuff. Oberwerk astronomy binoculars , for instance, feature collimation adjustment screws and the Oberwerk website also offers collimation instructions on their website. That's a great help, since the really big binos can go out of alignment now and then.

So how about the other guys that make products in China? Only today did I find the same feature on the Celestron 20x80 Skymaster after a customer called about an alignment problem. This feature saved us both the hassle of a return.

This just points out that a good idea is a good idea, no matter where it originates or where a product is made.
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