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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jring" data-source="post: 3426487" data-attributes="member: 133897">Hi,trying different formats is a very good idea - just to find out what you like best. With 8x the difference between 30 and 40mm is usually a few minutes longer at dusk, with 10x, eye placement might make things very uncomfortable for some with the smaller objectives.If you want to spend 600 Euros, a used bin from the 1000€ class sounds like a good idea, if you're patient - maybe even an alpha if you're lucky (the EDG 2 is still a very good contender imho if you like the format). Warranty is overrated imho, especially over here in europe where lifetime no questions asked warranties don't exist. If you can thoroughly test some used optics before buying and it is good, chances are that it will  continue to work for a very long time. The warranty is for the original buyer to get the occasional lemon which slipped QC fixed or replaced.Joachim</blockquote>