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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dialyt" data-source="post: 3395062" data-attributes="member: 43009">So, does anyone who owns a 42mm Leica Ultravid actually dislike the thumb placement  ridges? I recall my Ultravid 8x42 BR in green which I sold on here back in 2007/08. Optically, they were fantastic, but I grew to HATE those thumb ridges and had to get rid of them. The 32mm models don't have them and I don't see why the 42mm models need them. This is a current fixation for me because I want a 42mm alpha binocular but can't buy one because the Zeiss SF are not appealing to me from a design and cost perspective, and the Swarovski EL now have that fiddly strap fixing method. That leaves only the Leica with their thumb ridges. I'd wait for the Ultravid replacement, but who knows when that will be?</blockquote>