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Message: <blockquote data-quote="peatmoss" data-source="post: 3399706" data-attributes="member: 119647">Hello Perseid28.  As far as I know, none of the new E2's available in the US are Nikon USA official imports.  They are all gray market.  I bought mine from Tristate Camera and from Camerabox, and neither has a US warranty.  If this is a deal-breaker for you, then obviously you should take a pass.  While I can empathize with the temptation to find a cheaper priced alternative to the Conquest, the fact is, you've already spent the $800 on the Conquest.  The resale value on it would probably be between $400 and $500, which would be enough to fund the E2, but with very little left over.  So what have you saved? For what it's worth, of the several binoculars recently mentioned above, I have the Conquest, the E2, and the SE.  To my eyes, the E2 is the sharpest, followed by the SE, and then the Conquest.  But all are very sharp.</blockquote>