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Message: <blockquote data-quote="denco@comcast.n" data-source="post: 3339466" data-attributes="member: 25300"><p>Get a 10x50. You will see way more detail than an 7x or 8x and they are way more comfortable than a 10x42. The bird is BIGGER at 10x. Here is what a bird looks like at 7x and 10x. Which one do you like? At 500 feet the bird is only 50 feet away at 10x. At 7x that bird is over 71 FEET AWAY! That is a lot of difference when you want to see their feather detail and color details. If you just want to see the bird 7x is ok but if you want to really SEE the bird 10x is where it's at.</p></blockquote><p></p>