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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PYRTLE" data-source="post: 1268260" data-attributes="member: 19418">One has to please remember and consider that Leitz/Leica are and have been for many years at the forefront of designing and manufacturing the very best optics at the high spec. end of things and that I guess is where they are looking to be with the sports products they market and sell. The very early thoughts and comments posted here seem to indicate that the new APO 82 and zoom is very much a decent piece of kit, although the price is a bitter pill to taste, let alone swallow! In relation to GC's comment on the manufacturing cost of a camera against a spotting scope, should one take into account the warranty period as a measure of build confidence/quality? I'm not sure what it is on a £2.5k camera body (2 years, maybe 5?) against 10 years on the scope. Please let me know Graham, thank you.Leica Camera have had to come up with a product as good as and even better than that offered by their counterparts and these new spotting scopes are a challenge to the others currently on the market. All they have to do is raise the game in other areas, such as consumer confidence - after sales - servicing etc. and they'll sell a few.As an aside, all the well known top end "best sellers" in the binos division now offer a 10 year warranty in the UK, rather than 30 years or 'limited lifetime'.</blockquote>