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Message: <blockquote data-quote="birdrousta" data-source="post: 3336230" data-attributes="member: 129957">I don't fault the mavens - the viewing that morning was not as good as I thought it was.  the others showed me that, essentially.that said, the 8x30 does lose fainter objects before the 8x42, of course.as far as the cost goes, there is at least one strong opinion that it ought to be less.  for me, though, the mod is well worth it - even now that the SEs are unwrapped, I can only use them on a rest or seated, and my glasses add their layer of grime if I'd like to see past 200-300 feet or so.how do yours do with off-axis light sources?  on axis, for instance the moon, mine are quite good, but off-axis mine show a lot of stray light.</blockquote>