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Message: <blockquote data-quote="denco@comcast.n" data-source="post: 3496365" data-attributes="member: 25300">"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."I had the same problem with the "Glare Monster" Nikon Monarch 7. By the way I coined that phrase. HaHa!:-O I also had the exact same problem with the Habicht 8x30W in almost the same identical conditions you describe. Those glare shields you describe would work quite well to help control glare although I have not had too many problems with the Canon.</blockquote>