I know that some of the questions that i, and others ask may seem boring,trivial or STUPID. They may well have been asked... and answered many times, by people with a vast amount of knowledge and experience of binoculars. BUT they will continue to be asked by others like myself, who find( by accident most of the time ) and use this FANTASTIC site, and then as a guest read and read, trying to find answers to their own personal questions. A lot of the times we will find answers to things we had not even thought of. Other times we will find the answers we were looking for...BUT...THERE WILL ALWAYS BE TIMES , when we cannot find the answers, so of course we will ask.If we get answers that we don't FULLY UNDERSTAND, then others like myself, will ask again and again until it's totally clear to us.
WE ALL have lacked knowledge on different things in life, and we have ALL gained more knowledge...by asking questions and finding answers.
John put it best with... "the only questions that are stupid are the ones that are not asked!"
I personally, would rather seem STUPID by asking questions, knowing that i will become more knowledgeable from someone wiser than myself,than pretend to be KNOWLEDGEABLE and not ask questions, for fear of looking stupid.