Long Schnoz Bob,
It's not the size of your proboscis but the functionality and sensitivity of your olfactory system (which includes specialized brain cells) that determines how well you can smell.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olfaction#Human_olfactory_system
Thirty years ago, I opened a carton of milk at my parent's house and almost puked. The milk was spoiled putrid. My dad didn't believe me, so I handed him the carton, he took a sniff, and said, "There's nothing wrong with this milk." Then he poured some in his coffee, and the milk curdled. The nose knows.
Anyhow, the smell is a "moo point" (as my "Friend" Joey would say), because the "very fast focuser" and "shallow depth" described by James are both turn-offs. I disagree with him that only the very picky amongst us would have a problem with very fast focusers. You don't and he doesn't, but I bet we'll see a number of others who do, just as we have with the Nikon 8x and 10x32 HGs and other bins with fast focusers. Getting on the bird fast but then having to toggle back and forth to achieve fine focus is counterproductive, regardless if the bin costs $359 or $2,359.
But unlike some people we know, I didn't take a quick look and then sell it on the 'bay a few days later. I stuck with the 8x32 LX for three years and even bought two samples to get one with a more precise focuser. The second sample's focuser had no play like the first and had much better dampening (the first was so loose I could spin it a quarter turn), but I never could get used to the shallow hal depth and ultra fast focuser.
When it comes to focusers, I want a bin with a
SLOW HAND.
Roman Nose Brock
