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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Troubador" data-source="post: 3544509" data-attributes="member: 109211">Who says Germans do not have a sense of humour? Not me, and another thing I don't do is look at my feet even though I use the close-focusing capability of binos a lot.I don't expect to change your mind about close focusing Hermann, and if you are a dedicated specialist in birds then you don't need it.But there are wonderful experiences to be had and much to learn and enjoy by observing at close distances, not only butterflies and dragonflies and many other insects, but also flowers, fungi, lichens and especially stuff under water from fish to amphibians and from sea anemones to crustaceans and nudibranchs. Why would you look at nearby subjects through bins and not with the naked eye? Because the views are better.Give it a try, its another way of getting even more enjoyment out of binos.Lee</blockquote>