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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brocknroller" data-source="post: 3222036" data-attributes="member: 665">To me it sounds like a lot of guitars. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuTGSVYS494" target="_blank">Glenn Branca Guitarchestra</a>If you didn't live in the Land of the Midnight Sun, I'd say save your money and buy a Nikon SE or EII Porro, but way up in Alaska (Go North the Rush Is On), the focuser wouldn't turn as soon as temps dropped below freezing. So you need a roof, but you don't need a $2k roof even if some people think that you can judge a bin by its price. Can you hold 10x steady? If so, it might be the better choice for shorebirds since I imagine that you can't get very close to them. Also note that the focuser on the Zeiss Terra ED is very faaaaaaaaast. I can barely keep up with the 8x42 model, I wouldn't buy a 10x42 because of the combination of the fast focus and shallower DOF. You wouldn't be able to tell if that was a bird, plane or Superman that just flew by. You get a lot of snow up there, so I would say ED glass is a must to avoid annoying chromatic aberration. Take a look at the 10x42 Monarch 7. Jerry has one, perhaps he can comment on its quality, in particular how well it handles glare. The 8x30 was superb, but some samples don't do well with glare and that's also something you will have to consider with a low hanging sun. One more thing. Next winter, keep the polar vortex to yourself. We don't want it wandering down here in the Northeast! Brock</blockquote>

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