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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BruceH" data-source="post: 3496268" data-attributes="member: 106398">Ted ..... Nice write up!Reading your comments about the glare experience reminded me of a similar incident I experienced with a different binocular.  I happen to have a Monarch 7 8X30 which a few on this Forum have described as a glare monster.  There was never a glare incident until one morning looking at a mountain slope directly in the direction of the rising sun, just before the sun was to rise above the ridge top.  There was almost total wash out.  I ended up putting my left hand over the top of the objectives acting as a shield and almost all the glare went away.  The difference was quite incredible.  You may be able to get the same effect by adding the screw on lens shades as shown in the photos in my above posts.  I have not experienced the glare situation you described and that may be because I have been using the lens shades most of the time.  I had thought the shades were not necessary for reducing glare, but that may not be the case after reading about your experience.  The objective lenses are quite close to the end of the objective housing so there is not much shielding direct from Canon.  You can get them cheap off Amazon or eBay from China.  The size is 52mm.  In additional to the possibility of resolving your glare issue, they do look cool on the Canon and give additional protection to the objectives since the objective lenses do not have a lot of setback.  The Canon will still fit in the case, but it is tight.  The length of the shield protruding on mine is approximately 3/4 of an inch or about 19mm.</blockquote>

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