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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brocknroller" data-source="post: 1661377" data-attributes="member: 665">You already said that! So did Rick...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxdiraVxwkI&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxdiraVxwkI&feature=related</a>The model I have been interested in for quite sometime but have not yet gotten a chance to try is the "ALT" 10X42 SLC. The Neu version might be better optically, but I like the chunky top on the older version. Btwn the long, wide thumb groves on the bottom and the "plateau" on top, it looks like it would be comfortable and steady to hold. The weight would also be an asset in steadying the image. Steve Ingraham had high praises for this model and made it the BVD reference standard in 10x roofs. He measured the resolution to "coming within a tenth of an arc second of the Swift Audubon 8.5X44s," which is about the same as the 10x42 SE. The most appealing comments were these: but the real source of their ease of use is the combination of wide field and exceptional depth of field. They simply do not have the finicky, restricted, focus I associate with high power binocular. I've always preferred 10x50s to 10x42s precisely for that reason, but why carry the extra weight if you don't have to? Here's his full review: <a href="http://www.betterviewdesired.com/Swarovski-10x42.php" target="_blank">http://www.betterviewdesired.com/Swarovski-10x42.php</a></blockquote>