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Message: <blockquote data-quote="denco@comcast.n" data-source="post: 3447710" data-attributes="member: 25300"><p>What REALLY shows flare in Habicht's is looking up a steep mountain at an extreme angle on a sunny day. I was trying to see those Bighorn Sheep high up on these craggy cliffs from a canyon and the Habicht's flared so bad it clouded the whole FOV. I couldn't believe it. That is a good way to test binoculars for flare because the sun enters the prisms at an odd angle. Try it with yours. For backyard birding they are fine unless you look at a bird high up in the tree.</p></blockquote><p></p>