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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steve C" data-source="post: 1566964" data-attributes="member: 56622">I agree with Fireform.  They are not flawless, although there has been a lot of posting going on that seems to have been aimed at specifically pointing out that fact. Even to the point of holding them to the absolute alpha standard.  I also am not one to find any binocular I have ever used to be flawless. I have used, to some extent, just about everything from ZEN image quality up.I look at it this way, there are issues with anything.  There is the deal breaker (for some) with kidney bean blackouts in the Nikon SE.  Some people complain about edge distortion in the FL, some point to excessive CA in the Swarovski EL.  There have been multiple posts over the years here where you would think the posters were posting about something they got in a bubble wrap package off the discount rack at the Cheap-Mart instead of a state of the art alpha binocular.  Just keep in mind everything is about compromises.The close focus of the 7x36 ZEN would make a good entomological tool, and the fov makes it a good birding binocular as well.  Keep in mind however (since we are discussing flaws) that the close range of the focus of the ZEN 7x36 is where the majority of the slow part of the focus travel of that design lives.</blockquote>