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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bluespiderweb" data-source="post: 3183653" data-attributes="member: 114337">Yes, well, Brock-I'm available if Nikon wants me! ; )  I don't consider that I really "own" anything, but more a temporary user of all this stuff I have accumulated.  In my possession regarding Aculons, I have the 7x35, 10x42 and just received a 16x50 the other day from bhphoto, one of my favorite web dealers.I don't have a favorite of the 3 Aculons, as they all have their best uses depending on where and when.  What I find amazing is how consistently I have been pleased with them-nary a bad one in the lot I've tried-all have really smooth focus, and very sharp centerfield performance, with excellent contrast.  Though I tend to use the 10x at home more often just for the extended reach compared to a normal 8x for my view here.  But, I have to say that I am really finding 16x kind of addicting-who wouldn't want to see 16 times better, and have your vision corrected (via the diopter) and probably enhanced a bit besides?  Can you say Superman?!!  I can now, and what it didn't cost me is just hard to believe too, for a new binocular that works so well.Sure, you get a little shake with the 16x, but they are still very hand-holdable and usable.  Haven't hooked them up to the tripod yet, but I imagine that will be even more impressive.  It wasn't a good clear night here, but I did have the three stars in Orion's belt in full view in the 16x, and it seemed pretty sharp for most of the field of view from what I could tell handheld, with a brace against the window.  No doubt on a tripod would be a better judge of the sharpness of the full field, but I think it's pretty good from what I saw.  For just over a hundred bucks...I'm not kicking about anything I've seen yet!</blockquote>

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