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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ThoLa" data-source="post: 1498491" data-attributes="member: 50374">Bitte sehr, Mr. Brocknroller, Esq. Interesting. Weak resolving power was a complaint in four out of four Minoxes tested by the Stiftung Warentest (Foundation for Consumer Goods Testing). Resolving power is one of the most critical properties of a good bino, isn't it? And what's the problem. I've got 40 yrs old japanese binos called Apollo (to watch the man on the moon<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />) and they are as sharp as any Zeiss of the day and as any Pentax out there today. Grinding lenses so they yield a sharp image is not a miracle that still has to be invented. Which would mean to publically admit that you've been unpleasant stuff in the past. Which company would like to do that? The offensive chemicals are plasticizers. All rubber armourings have some of it. The polycyclic aromatics .... well that's nothing but the soot that is put into the rubber to render it black. Get one with non-black rubber is a first step. Leather-covered instruments do not ooze any plasticizers! Tom</blockquote>