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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FrankD" data-source="post: 1386507" data-attributes="member: 18544">I noticed the harness comment as well and thought "Oh great, how heavy are these babies going to be..." but then they slip in that light weight. I don't get it.At $290 that puts them $100 less expensive than the Zen Ray which are the least expensive of the new open-bridge roofs. If they are an open-hinge design and all the other specs pan out then they are either....a) going to have noticeably poorer image qualityb) going to really turn some heads if the optical performance is at the same level as the Zen Ray, etc... but at only 3/4 the price.This introduction would also explain the recent price drop on the normal Legend roofs. They started right at about the same price as the Monarchs ($290-ish originally for the black 8x42s) then jumped up to about $320-ish when they lightened the models up. Now they are selling for around $210. The introduction of the HD version would explain it. I just don't get how they introduce a potentially advanced model (wider field of view, better coatings and ED glass) for less than what they were selling the previous model for.Hey, I am not complaining it is just something you don't see every day in the optics market.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>