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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mayoayo" data-source="post: 1420229" data-attributes="member: 16781">Dennis..The Zen are really good binoculars.Are they really that good?..i think they are..I was "WOOOWED" out of my shoes using the binoculars the first few days..In terms of resolution,they are sharper than anything i have used,including the SE...They bring detail In, that i can usually only pick through my scope,of course in a smaller image,..But I have not seen such fine detail at 8x ,not with the SE,not with the Audubon 820.After the "honeymoon" period,i got a bit concern with overall contrast.:-C,but as others have already mentioned ,the binoculars have such a great view,that is easy to compromise with whatever drawback they can haveI was birding in the river a few days ago and still thinking about this ,when this other birder shows up and points to a peregrine falcon...incidentally this lady was carrying a pair of 8.5x42 Swarovski's...so i ask her if i could take a look to check the excellence of the view..she was very nice and allowed me to look at the peregrine and take a look around.I kept the zen inside my jacket because i didnt want to mention that i WAS COMPARING the binoculars<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />although it would have been interesting to see what she thought about the zen...All i can see is that the overall contrast was about the same!,although the Swaros seemed to keep reflections limited to a VERY small crescent where the ZEN showed a little more expanded reflection..I am not going to even mention how other aspects of the image seemed to compare<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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