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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steve C" data-source="post: 1470409" data-attributes="member: 56622">I had my ZEN ED on a harness when I stopped at the Nikon booth at the NW  Sportsman's show.  It would an ergonomic boost to get rid of the rod down the middle.  It had a nice image, but it is NOT the image of the ZEN ED.  It is better than the original series Monarch, and it is not the image of the Premier series roof either. I asked the Nikon rep why would I pay $200 more for less image when I bought a Monarch, or 3x more to get an essentially equivalent image in the Premier?  The answer was something to the effect of "well we've been around a long time and have refined our products over the years and have a known warranty and company history".  They had to think a bit to come up with that.Now those are quite definitely solid reasons.  I simply found it interesting that they didn't jump onto the "better constructed, optically superior, better design and engineering".FWIW, the Monarch X image and Leupold Northfork images are quite similar, although I'd give the advantage to the Northfork.   They look close enough that they may have the same basic optics in modified enclosures.</blockquote>