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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Robert Wallace" data-source="post: 3533095" data-attributes="member: 5690">Fair enough but the Zeiss SFs are over twice as much money to buy compared to the Nikon.On a personal note I haven't used my Zeiss 10x  Dialyts very often since I bought the 7x42 phase corrected Dialyts about 18 years ago.My default binocular for birding are now the Swarovski 8x32s and are likely to remain so.I am now into my 70s and the Nikon seems to have decent enough optics and importantly to me a compact size and light weight compared to most of its rivals. Which is why I am seriously considering buying a pair.At the Rutland Birdfair I thought the Leica Noctovids the best binoculars I've looked through (highly subjective)but too heavy and the Zeiss SF too large. I described the Nikons in a previous post as sub alpha probably because I looked through them fairly soon after the Leicas and it was not a side by side comparison. I shall now look for an opportunity to re-assess the Nikons.</blockquote>