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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dwever" data-source="post: 3694114" data-attributes="member: 118803">Invalid for you.  If your time in the field is generally without stable support due to other gear you're lugging such as a 13 lbs. .338 Laupua, then supported performance is not of much concern.Update, I said goodbye to the 12x50, and the glass I finally settled on was the Swarovski Optik El Range.  I did not choose the Leica Geovid HD-B 3000 ranging binocular because at matched power it was notably less bright than the NVD's in the same power; whereas the Swarovski Optik EL Range (Brightness 91%) seems to be the optical match of the EL optical only line, and so you're getting a fully capable EL binocular with the ranging without optical compromise.  Does someone know if my assumption there is correct?  ThanksI've also moved to Alaska since the original post.  Still love the Leica NVD as seen in the harness below.  It is stunning up here the alpha optics stores keep in regular stock by multiple manufacturers, particularly EL's; never seen anything like it in the lower 48.  Sportsman's Warehouse in Fairbanks had every top of the line spotting scope for Swarovski, Zeiss, and Leica, and this in a somewhat isolated city of 32,000.</blockquote>