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Message: <blockquote data-quote="birdrousta" data-source="post: 3387137" data-attributes="member: 129957">don't know about that, but given the pricing that swarovski has historically commanded and the number of folks looking at meopta, maven, and the new trinovid pricing, I think swaro has to  be asking what they should add to put and keep a premium bino well north of the 3k USD range.  I do wonder how many rangefinder binos they sell.  I would think that for hunting, having the rangefinder on the scope would be more useful, but that's speculation on my part.a well-executed optical zoom is probably a design they're considering.  with decent-sized objectives and a reasonable weight there may be a market for it.  would it be able to fetch 3 or 3.5 k?  not from me, I don't think.  at 10x I have trouble hand holding binos, so a zoom bino would need a tripod to be useful for me, and once I'm carrying one  I'm likely to want 20x magnification or more as a reason to carry it.a well done walking stick/monopod as an accessory might help, though.</blockquote>