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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mr. Monday" data-source="post: 3648077" data-attributes="member: 144352"><p>The scope arrived on Wednesday and I have been using it since then. The scope is beautiful in person with or without its case on. Definitely something that can be kept out on display in my home and it makes me want to upgrade my tripod/head to a Leica unit or something of similar quality. It's basically brand new and the coarse focus wheel was very difficult to turn when it arrived. I have been rotating the focus wheel through the focus range a lot since I received it and it has loosened up a bunch, but I'm still debating sending it in to Leica for a tune up. The optics are crystal clear and it's bright enough at every magnification for my usage. The eyepiece shows no sign of loosening up so I see no reason to purchase the ver. 3 eyepiece. My only gripe is that I wish the eyepiece had longer eye relief. I know that the fixed eyepieces have longer eye relief but I prefer the versatility of a zoom eyepiece.</p></blockquote><p></p>