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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Swissboy" data-source="post: 1585535" data-attributes="member: 4926"><p>I have owned a 10x40 old Trinovid, and then bought a 8x32 BA Trinovid. Neither of these ever had a ratchety focus. And all the other ones of those models I had tried did not have a problem either. But when time came to get a new pair, the Ultravids (that was in the pre-HD period) mostly came with that crummy focus, to a varying degree. Silky smoot focus, that was customary on the earlier models, just was a matter of luck when one ordered a pair. Needless to say, I did not buy Leica then. And I'm still very happy with my Zeiss FL 8x40, though Leica's solution with the diopter adjustment is vastly better. But I still find it puzzling that all is blamed to be a "design" feature, when it was possible to achieve fine focus earlier. And my Ultravid 10x25 is perfect as well. (Don't know whether it has Teflon washers.)</p></blockquote><p></p>