I looked at a pair of Leupolds last year (non-HD model, though) while gathering intel, and found the focus mechanism to be stiff and gritty. It could have been just that individual bino, but it put me off right there. I eventually bought a pair of Pentax DCF ED's (8x43) through Doug at Cameraland. Nice and bright, clear, and lightweight (Pentax's websight lists them at less than 26 ounces)-I really like them, and they ride around in my truck with me, always. If you look at CameraLand's websight, they have NRA show samples for $625, which is considerably less than I paid last year....
Kaiser Norton
