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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kevin Purcell" data-source="post: 1498747" data-attributes="member: 68323">On a general note I'm finding myself a bit like FrankD on this sort of bin. It may in fact be a fine bin but doesn't "advance the art" so it ends up as a bit of a disappointment even though a lot of "normal" people looking through it would think "This is better than any other bin I've seen".I recently sold my Diamondback 8x42 to a friend for exactly that reason. He's an enthusiastic birder for a long time. But he had terrible, terrible bins ($30 Bushnell porros). He loves ducks but didn't chase passerines ("they all look alike" ... well, yeah with those horrible bins they would). He's very, very happy with those Diamondbacks: wide field, bright, good ER. But to me they could be brighter and a little more neutral (less blue) and the AR coatings show small ghosts if you really push them. It's all relative!Ultimately one has to try to compare bins in the same class but I find with my biases that is getting more difficult as time goes on.On the other hand, like ronh's recent comment, it does cut down on the number of bins one lusts after.</blockquote>