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    Leica Bins

    Too right Scotty! The paperwork from Leica was perfectly clear, nothing wrong and no adjustments made to the binocular. I did a mechanical comparison between my four non pocket Ultravids (after picking myself up off the bed). Hinges all more or less identical. Focus movement of 7x42 and 8x50...
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    Leica Bins

    So now I'm confused... Before packing them off to Viking to send them to Leica for the second time (to have the newly unacceptably stiff focus wheel sorted), three different people tested these binoculars and we all universally agreed that the focus movement was extraordinarily stiff...
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    Leica Bins

    Yes, that's my experience also, you're far more likely to get the desired outcome dealing with the manufacturer direct. In this instance, I went through the retailer in the (very) vain hope that they might simply swap out my faulty unit from stock. No such luck. James
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    Leica Bins

    To follow up on a couple of things I said in the above post... Poor maths, I own 7 Ultravid, not 6. The 10x42's came home yesterday and, having felt 'not quite right' before their trip to Portugal, are now perfect in every way (prism system replacement, alignment and new armour). Thank you...
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    Leica Bins

    I like that concept of a 'special club', Leica bins do somehow have an aura of exclusivity which I believe begins with the unboxing experience. BUT, I'm not totally convinced 'quality all the way' is something I can buy into 100%, I genuinely believe quality control of what exits the Portuguese...
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    Leica Bins

    Leica Ultravid 8x32 HD-Plus Special Edition You guys may not agree, but personally, I'd consider these limited edition leather bound Leicas to be VERY special! 😍
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    Leica Bins

    That said, and whilst BIG they may have been, they were lightweights compared to the 'used' 16x70 Fujis which were also in stock and dwarfing everything else in the display cabinet. Now those are absolute monsters. I made a futile attempt to test them handholding them, but quickly (very quickly)...
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    Leica Bins

    I've paid a couple of visits to Ace Optics over the past week or so and during one of those visits Ian pulled those Fujis out of the cabinet and said 'try those!'. First impression was they are BIG!!!!, and that, in conjunction with the IF, didn't get us off to the best of starts, but the optics...
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