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Message: <blockquote data-quote="justabirdwatcher" data-source="post: 3278744" data-attributes="member: 128908">Zeiss Terra are similar, but I don't know of anything optically better than the Bushnell Elite in the $800-$1200 range anyway, so I guess if it were me, I'd just get another pair of Elites.  I've owned 3 pairs of those and every single one produced a fantastic image.  Got talked out of all three by good friends of mine. My current optical love affair is with a well-worn pair of 10x42 Nikon LX-L's that IMO are very comparable to the Elites ergonomically, if not slightly better to me, due to the tapered barrel design.  I think the Nikon's image is a little bit more pleasing due to better color fidelity.  I would not trade my LX-L's for anything I've ever used.  I sold a pair of mint SLC's a week ago because of them.   I do have a pair of 10x43 dual hinge Bushnell Elites on the way, mostly out of curiosity, so I'll have a chance to compare those to what I remember about the newer 10x42 Elites and my current LX-L's.  I'm Looking forward to it.  I spent a year trying to find a pair of 10x43 Elites after seeing some around another birder's neck (he let me take a quick peek through them) but they are hard as heck to find.  So I eventually bought the SLC's, then the LX-L's in the meantime.  When I finally came across the 10x43 Elites, I just couldn't lay off.  ha, ha.</blockquote>