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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CloseFocus" data-source="post: 3352247" data-attributes="member: 83297"><p>I checked my older model 10x32 UV's, and they do indeed have a tiny bit of play in the focus knob, something I vaguely remember worrying about when I first bought them, although I hadn't noticed it in years until I read this post. It's not mushy the way it is in cheap binoculars, its a precise feel of gears connecting, it only occurs right after moving the focus knob, and it disappears in a matter of seconds. It's most noticeable when changing the direction of focus. There is probably a certain amount of tension reduction when focusing, which then resets when focusing stops. When the knob hasn't been moved, there is no play at all. It sounds like the tension setting on the OP's binocular was a tiny bit off, if he was noticing play all the time.</p></blockquote><p></p>