So I am paying for a pair of binoculars that have the capabilities that I desire. Seems fair enough to me. Probably my favourite binos (Zeiss SF8x32) could be cheaper if they had a narrower field of view, but I like them just the way they are.I've no idea where they have chosen to compromise, but unless Leica are the most alturistic company in the world you are either directly paying for the increased production costs with a more complex optical drive train so it's priced ?% higher than it would be without those costs or for the same cost they could have improved something else.
Lee