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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brocknroller" data-source="post: 2974145" data-attributes="member: 665">Ysterkvisten,I saw your post on the 8x30 M7 thread, unfortunately, the sample you tried was a defective one. That's going to hurt the sales on this model. I for one, do not want to keep buying sample after sample, hoping to get a good one and returning it if it's not. What Nikon should do is to release the serial numbers of the defective samples so that when you order one, you can ask the store to check the serial number and reject any bin that is within that defective range. Like car companies, Nikon should issue a recall for those samples from its dealers.They are going to end up at Nikon Repairs, anyway, so why not save the customer the trouble and minimize the bad PR by pulling the defective samples from the shelves? .  Swarovski released the serial number of the last EL with a pokey focus so buyers could buy a new one with the faster focuser if that was their preference. If you had tried a good sample, I'm sure you would have liked it and added it to your short list of "Best Bang for the Buck" bins. In fact, if Nikon hadn't messed up, we'd eventually see a long thread on the 8x30 M7 like this one on the Sightron II. Subrahmanyan</blockquote>