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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brocknroller" data-source="post: 1649907" data-attributes="member: 665">Not everybody is sensitive to "rolling ball" or as Holger likes to call it, the "globe effect". Some don't see it even when there is no pincushion, and others see the effect, but their brains quickly adapt to it. Chess and checkers players like myself, however, can have a hard time adjusting to its bulging grid, having spent many hours looking down at flat parallel lines. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> The full sized Nikon LX and LX L have so much "globe effect" that it turns into "celestial sphere effect" for stargazing. Even the sky looks curved. However, when I used the 10x42 EDG (for two weeks), I didn't find the amount of rolling ball to be anywhere nearly as distracting as it was with the LX/LX L/Premier series. It was about the same amount as in the 8x32 LX, which I find almost unnoticeable. I can't remember if I used a telephone pole to test for pincushion in the EDG (lines will bend inward at the edges), but the panning was smooth. The EDG EPs are not recycled from the Premier series, it is completely redesigned. The ergonomics of the EDG are the best I've tried in any roof bin. Most closed bridge roofs flop around in my big mitts, but the EDG, I could hold steady even at 10x. My only gripe was the loose focuser cap, which they have now fixed. If you hankering for an EL (now available in 3-D Swarovision), and don't have a pre-existing brand loyalty, I suggest you try and EDG first. If you buy and EDG, be sure to mention my name so I can get my commission check from Nikon. Just kidding, Charles. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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