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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bearclawthedonut" data-source="post: 2066923" data-attributes="member: 73224">Nomatic:Send them back.  Either you have really, really, really good hearing or something is binding when your turning the focus knob; thus creating the very stiff focusing and the noise.  Call  and describe your problems to Charles and he will probably send you another pair.  Certainly Zen-Ray wants their badging on your binoculars and not off of your binoculars.  They want everyone to know who made your excellent optics.  All the Zen-Ray binoculars that I've handled have had appropriate ease of focusing.  If an o-ring is caught/binding, then when it breaks your focusing may be a lot easier, but you may no longer have waterproof binoculars.  Zen-Ray has excellent customer service.  Send them back.bearclawthedonut</blockquote>