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Message: <blockquote data-quote="maico" data-source="post: 3508731" data-attributes="member: 139687">My observations, including 3 x samples of the M7 8x30, are just based central focusing by naked eye on small detail using a tripod. For example, those small BSi marks you find on the bottom of car number plates. If I can see the small fixing screw heads on the sat dish on the roof, and the bark detail on ivy roots on the trees in the field opposite.With the Nikons careful focusing back and forth is required to bring this detail out. With my Leica and Canon they just snap into focus. Even guessing the focus with a Nikon 7x50IF SP WP is easier. I used to work as a focus puller in the film industry which helps, and used to work at Panavision. One test there was to project test slides onto a full size screen to check lens resolution. I suppose I should try the M5, which doesn't have a wide FOV, to get the full picture but Amazon, can and do, close accounts for those who repeatedly return stuff within 29 days !Maybe I'm just being unrealistic in expecting the feel of a high precision instrument for the money being asked, and to be fair, the user reviews are really first rate <a href="https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/880214-REG/Nikon_7548_8x42_Monarch_7_Binocular.html" target="_blank">https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/880214-REG/Nikon_7548_8x42_Monarch_7_Binocular.html</a>The Japanese made, magnesium bodied Monarch HG might be good. Nikon sport optics have access to the latest Nikon glass types.<a href="http://www.nikon.com/products/glass/downloads/index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.nikon.com/products/glass/downloads/index.htm</a></blockquote>

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