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Message: <blockquote data-quote="schizeckinosy" data-source="post: 1819527" data-attributes="member: 85849">Hi Martin,The red that you see in the photo is a reflection of the sky and trees from the lens.  You can see a piece of dust in the lower right of the same picture.  I can't comment on the brightness yet, because I left them at work and did not try them at dusk.  I suspect they are fine, considering the aperture.  I'll look tonight.I have looked through the Raptor 6 and 8x32, and I feel the Celestron view is superior to the Raptor 8x, and about equivalent in quality to the 6x, but of course bigger!  The eye relief of the Celestrons is less than the Vortex, but I had some blackout issues with those.With the quality control issues that they obviously have, I'd buy from a place where you can try first, or return defectives without fuss.  I believe that the design is a winner.I believe the Barska is built on exactly the same frame, looking at pictures.  Who knows if the optics are the same...Cheers, Dan</blockquote>