One thing that has improved by leaps and bounds over the years is antireflective lens coatings. Quality glass is still excellent, I have a bunch of vintage scopes, an M.S.W. Wetzlar from mid-60's that still compares favorably against most $300-400 scopes of today and an early 90's Zeiss Diavari 3-12x56T* that quite literally is current Meopta Meostar R1 3-12x56RD (MSRP $1099), as hand-me-down earlier lens coating technology from Zeiss to their long-time subcontractor.
Optics aren't computers and electronics, development is relatively slow. Itll take the better part of a lifetime before a high-end scope can be matched by anything sold for chump change in chain stores, if not much longer.
I think it has some to do with competition also. While I quit looking as price climbs past 11-1200, so i dont KNOW whats out there, more and more optics companies are popping up now, and id expect them to eventually start taking pokes at premium hunting optics as well as the target stuff they are already doing.
All said tho, MY experience with high end stuff is that it generally dosent become obsolete at as rapid a pace as middling or below....again I THINK because of more competition in the lower price market.
The first real gaming computer I built cost me something like 4-5k, and could still run most games at full value 10years later. Duplicating it then would have cost me about a grand and a half or so.
The next one I built cost 2k and I just fried it....again almost 10 years later.
I honestly think the cost gap reductions been sped up by all the companies that got into the performance pc components game.
I have a very limited scope of reference, so I could be well off base.
So I understood. Like I said, I'd just like to hear what it's all about. Even if it's a customer service issue; if they day comes when I have to contact them it's good to know what to expect. Or something else. Praising anything is easy but objective negative feedback is IMO far more valuable.
Funny that should come up.
Took all my scopes out at nightfall yesterday since i wanted to compare the new sightron S-tac i just got.
I noticed my Zeiss isnt focusing as well as id like outside of about 300yds. I hadnt noticed that before, and Ive shot that gun out to over a thousand yds. SF knob felt crunchy at the ends of travel also.
Contacted CS and got a reply by this morning. Be sending it in today probably.
Could just be my eyeballs and fine Lava dust in between the turret and scope body, but looks like ill get to see Zeiss CS in action.