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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Bean" data-source="post: 1758039" data-attributes="member: 64331"><p>Conventional wisdom says if you wear spectacles, use binoculars with eyecups down; if you don't wear glasses (not at all, or when you're using bins) have the eyecups up. Maybe just my eyes, but I've always found a better/bigger view with eyecups down. Someone on the Forum has said the same as me (can't remember who) to the effect "why lessen the view if you don't need to?". I originally discovered this many years ago when using a Swift 7.5x42 Osprey: with the eyecups up, it was like looking down two narrow tubes; with eyecups down, the view was much bigger and more pleasing, still not 'wide' but tolerable. Is it just me and a few others who appreciate this, while the majority continue to miss 'the bigger picture'?</p></blockquote><p></p>