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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Colin" data-source="post: 142118" data-attributes="member: 97">This thread  has really interested me.  Some months ago in another thread which was discussing the top of the range binnies, I stated that I did not like Leica because although optically they are really good, the engineering on the focusing wheel was awful.  I have tried several pairs including some belonging to my friends and there is a tiny bit of slack in the wheel which to my mind makes it not very exact with the fine focussing.  Another forum member made a strong remark against me when I described the wheel as awful.  It seems that I may be not alone in this finding after all.   Incidentally some of my friends agreed that there was some slack in the mechanism but they had not noticed it until I had bought it to their attention.Second point.  I may be wrong here but one of the factors why In Focus do not sell Leica  may well be the small profit margin because I believe that In Focus have an agreement with The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (where many of their outlets are situated) that a percentage of the takings goes to them which would effectively make the profit margin even smaller.</blockquote>