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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rich N" data-source="post: 222038" data-attributes="member: 14602">I purchased my Zeiss 10x42 FL from "Out of This World" in Mendocino, California.  I don't know if it was "the" best price.  I checked Adorama and they were showing the same price.  The people at Out of This Word were very nice.  I got to compare this Zeiss to the Leica and other binoculars.  I was outside their store for close to 30 minutes with a friend switching binoculars back and forth. I was happy to give them my business.  I liked the Leica Ultravid 10x42 very much.  It holds very well.  The image quality was so close I honestly couldn't see a difference.  Maybe under different conditions I would be able to see a difference.  The two things that pushed me to the Zeiss, a little closer focus and there was enough focuser range that I can focus the Zeiss without my eye glasses on.  Now that I have the Zeiss I'm very happy with it.  The more I use it the more I like it.  Yesterday, the Sun was close to setting and I could look just a little below the Sun and clearly see of leaves on the ground, about 40 yards away with virtually no "light spill" (flare?) from the Sun.  Very nice.The Leica 10x42 Ultravid and Zeiss 10x42 FL are two outstanding binoculars.  Rich</blockquote>