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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brocknroller" data-source="post: 2708847" data-attributes="member: 665">Peter,Ah, there's one Jan can put in his pipe and smoke it! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Good to hear an experience of excellent service from Nikon from the other side of the pond where it has been much maligned. My first sample 8x32 HG had the opposite problem: Toulouse.But I didn't realize it was "abnormal" since there was a lot of buzz on BF about this model having an ultra fast focuser. I actually had to rest my finger on the focuser to keep it from accidentally moving. The second sample's focuser was smooth and precise, but still too fast for my taste. I could have lived with that for the great views had my hands been three sizes smaller. Big hands and short, narrow bins w/out thumb supports did not a good match make. Tough focusing with your knuckle! Brock</blockquote>