Ok, so I'm really just talking about a Zeiss Victory 8x42 SF that's been adapted to be a 8x32 (see attached picture). So why bother? I bothered because I wasn't happy with my newly purchase 2nd hand 8x42 SFs. My main complaint was just not quite enough resolution (for me) and contrast a bit lower than hoped. This was emphasised each time I used my fantastic 8x25 Victory Pocket, which seems to have better resolution and contrast (ahh!). So thinking like a photographer I tried a couple of things. Firstly I tried putting hoods on the binoculars to shield stray light from the objectives and that seemed to improve the contrast a bit, but obviously didn't help with the resolution. So next step was to reduce the aperture, which also has a shielding effect and bingo! This has sharpened them right up. There's still that fantastic wide field of view (not affected at all), they still appear bright in the day and the 3D effect is even more pronounced (due to increased depth of field). Most importantly for me now the resolution is phenomenal. You may be sceptical, but just try it. I first tried it with two bits of cardboard with circles cut out and stuck on and it worked. I then used a couple of old lens caps as you can see in the picture as a more long-term thing. In low light though I just take them off as brightness becomes more important. In good light in the day with the SFs at 32mm I reckon it's the best view of any binocular. I wouldn't say the same about the SFs at their normal 42mm.