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Message: <blockquote data-quote="coolhand68" data-source="post: 3192560" data-attributes="member: 106938">My Leica BN's are one of my all-time favorite binoculars. They don't do any one thing best, but as an overall package, they rank in the top five of the 50+ binoculars I've owned or tried. There is a richness and easiness to the eyes when looking through Leica bins, and the 8x32 BN is rich in color saturation, clarity, and resolution. It brings all these qualities together in a small package that still has that wow factor for me whenever I look through them. They are my go-to set for all purpose bins when I go sight-seeing, to sporting events, or in situations when a binocular that is too bright to my eyes in certain conditions, such as snow or sand/beach, won't do. Last year I picked up a pair of Leica Ultravid HD 8x42, and after going back and forth for close to thirty minutes in a side by side comparison, I could barely see a difference in overall image quality. The HDs only slightly edged out the BN in brightness and ever so slightly in resolution.</blockquote>