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Posted: 5/5/2009 11:08:38 AM EDT
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I have a new, never been mounted Zeiss Conqest 4.5-14x50 with the target turrets. It is my first high dollar scope, and everything looks fine looking through the scope in the correct orientation, but when I look through the scope backwards, I can see a few specks of dust. I don't know if a few small specks are normal or not, again, as this is my first "nice" scope. My question: should I send it back to the company I bought it from and get a new one, or, since it poses no functional issues now, just forget about it and keep it? On one hand, it seems silly to be concerned about a few specks that can only be seen when looking through the scope backwards, but on the other hand, when I pay that much for something, I expect it to be flawless. What to do?
Edit: I know for sure that they are atually IN the scope, rather than just spots on the lense. |
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My advice is to call the number for Zeiss and to ask for the scope to be checked out. (I'm not sure I understand your Edit added comment completely.) Typically dust is micro-particles strung together through attraction. If it's big enough for you to see with your eye, it's too big. More importantly, how did the "dust" get there? Was the scope properly purged? Is it still sealing? There are a host of questions, and while the scope is brand new right now, in time it will see use. What kind of problems might crop up then? Then the next question is that it may not be dust at all. Just as an example (so no one please get all excited just yet,) a chip or fissure in the lens appears to be dust because it looks like a dark spot. In fact, Light is being reflected in different directions most of which is not toward your eye ball making the spot appear dark. Give them a call. I'm sure they would be only too happy to help. |
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