Remember the likes of Leitz, Nikon and Zeiss were making superb camera lenses back in the Swingin' Sixties, the Zeiss Contarex lenses being legendary. Dalat's comment that it 'of course can't compare with any modern binocular' is perhaps too sweeping, although I 'get the drift' some of the 1960s stuff, despite not having multi-coating, can be surprisingly good optically and sufficiently satisfying in use. Googling appears to indicate the Zeiss 8x30B Dialyt was produced from April 1964 the rubber-armoured version (GA) from June 1968 the T* from August 1983 P* added in 1988.
Sammyboy: subject to condition, £115 looks like a bargain.
