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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ceasar" data-source="post: 3258492" data-attributes="member: 26155">Forget the Zoom binocular.  Very few of them, if any, are any good.  I know that is a categorical condemnation but it is true and in your price range they are not recommended at all.  They all have narrow fields of view throughout their range and they get more narrow as the power increases.   If you are lucky when the zoom mechanism breaks down it will keep the binocular working only in the 8x40 range but you will still have a narrow FOV compared to a normal non-zooming 8x42 Porro Prism.The best advice is to try each of them personally to see how they fit you so try to compare the Nikon and the Olympus together if possible.  See how the eye cups fit you.  You want to see a nice circle without any blacked out portion.   Longer eye relief is generally better but it is an individual thing.   Check the focusing wheels for consistency and smoothness when you use them.  You don't want them to turn too loosely or too stiffly.Try using them when the sun is low in the sky and look at objects on or near the horizon a comfortable distance from the sun to see how they handle glare also called "veiling glare."  This is the most likely time veiling glare will show up in the view.  You will know it when you see it.  Bob</blockquote>