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Message: <blockquote data-quote="iporali" data-source="post: 1268523" data-attributes="member: 2925">Sleeper,I wouldn't be too worried about it yet. They were surely preproduction samples, which are often known to have these kinds of "issues" - as well as changes in materials or even slight adjustments in component designs.May I ask you, when you looked through the eyepiece, how easy was it to keep the eye correctly positioned? Many new eyepieces have such a large eyecup diameter that some people with closely spaced eyes can't easily find a comfortable position for their eye sockets and the nose. I know someone, who says he feels like a woodcock because he can't look straight ahead when looking through a Zeiss zoom <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />. I guess the new 25-50x zoom may be one of the largest eyepieces in this respect. Best regards,Ilkka</blockquote>