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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kabsetz" data-source="post: 3144269" data-attributes="member: 10167">David,Thanks for posting the first results. What was your impression of using a time limit? This is something I was wondering about, but thought that it would more closely resemble real-life binocular use if one did not allow for unlimited time to see that little glimpse of detail amidst constant swaying of the image.As for my part of testing, there are supposed to be a couple of cold days next week, and that may mean sunshine also. However, I have one work-related thing I need to get done this week, so time might be a problem.I dug out some of my notes for tripod-mounted line pair resolution for sharp binoculars taken at my usual indoor testing setup with the standard lighting I use. These amount to about 66" apparent VA at 10 meter distance, the same both for the best 10x and the best 8x binoculars yet tested, so I guess this is not that far from what you report getting. What I haven't tried to do is adjust the distance to get the absolute maximum threshold.Kimmo</blockquote>