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Message: <blockquote data-quote="stephen b" data-source="post: 3206848" data-attributes="member: 80110">All goes to show that when dealing with optics in this price range ( or any range really)- your own individual eyes need to decide. Quality control issues can arise from sample to sample also.My eyes when picking up a back up pair of light 8x30/32 size this past winter really liked the Leupold 8x32 Mojave over the Nikon 8x30 M7 that I compared it to. I felt the Mojave was both sharper and brighter. And I liked the feel of the Mojave and ergos of the Mojave, it just fit my hands really well. And my wife likes it a lot. But, I did check out (2) Mojaves when buying mine, and one had a little bit of a stiffer focus than the other. Not bad, but did notice the difference.The apparent resolution and contrast to me is very good on the Mojave; and I also really like the color bias. I checked out the Mojave as far as its resolution of detail compared to the newest version of the Nikon 8x32 SE, and the Mojave really held its own. Of course the SE has a sharper edge field, but the Mojave has a nice large FOV and our sample is sharp to about 70%; so not too bad. BTW- real weight on my scale for the Mojave is 19 ozJust my 2c, and maybe worth about that.</blockquote>