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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CLRobles" data-source="post: 1540128" data-attributes="member: 76360">I see what you are saying and agree in tough light conditions this is true... But in I don't think overcast and shadowed conditions apply "most " of the time... Although I can see that in some certain circumstances they will. I can tell you with 100% confidence that a 7x42 and a 8x42 will NOT resolve as well as a 10x42 in any kind of difficult light situation. Twenty years in the field and I have never encountered any alpha 8x42 that outperforms any alpha 10x42. The extra exit pupil just cannot overcome the higher magnification when low light resolution is being asked for.Having said this I believe that he 8x32 SE will out perform (99% of the time) the alpha 8x42's in most optical criteria</blockquote>