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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PeterPS" data-source="post: 3418197" data-attributes="member: 124043">EDG 42mmI owned two EDGs 10x42 and one EDG 8x42. My favorite is the 10x42 for reasons that I will not discuss here. I have not kept any due to some minor issues mentioned below. The EDG is an excellent set and I might buy another 10x42 in the near future, but I am hesitating a bit---see the cons below to understand why. As a background, after owning many bins (for longer or shorter periods of time) I currently have two: SV 8x32 and SF 10x42.PROS*Excellent optics: the EDG has one of the most relaxing views I have seen, with great contrast and brightness, and fantastic color rendition. It is sharp almost edge to edge, yet it has no RB whatsoever. Its glare control is superb---you can look dangerously close to the sun without noticing any flare or ghosting. In fact the  EDG barrels are so well baffled and dark that if you look down its tubes from the objective lenses you see ....nothing (unless you use a flashlight).*Eye placement is very easy: no blackouts and no (or only minor) vignetting.*Good mechanics: in particular the hinge is stiff and the focus wheel is smooth/fluid without any play.*The rubber armor on the chassis is thick and it should offer good protection.*The EDG feels good in the hand; it is not too heavy (795g, exactly like the SF) and it has a good balance despite being relatively short (visibly shorter than the SF)---in fact it is a bit surprising that such a short binocular can have such excellent optics.CONS*The accessories are under par: the case, objective covers, and even the neck strap; the rainguard is OK. *Nikon CS is not one of the best, to say the least*DoF is just OK*There is CA, even close to axis, but it's not severe*The eyecups are excellent, yet their rubber rims collect lint, dust and skin and are hard to clean. Also the eyecup diameter is large (43mm) which can be a problem particularly for those with a small IPD.*The diopter setting could be inadvertently changed when turning the focus wheel, but this appears to happen only if the wheel is pressed with excessive force, and so it should not be a problem in normal use.*There is sample variation (I noticed that different units needed significantly different diopter settings; more importantly, the baffling of some units was slightly worse in one barrel than in the other, which produced some minor internal reflections).*The resale value is not good: I have seen an EDG 10x42 NIB that was sold on ebay for 850$ (about 3 times less than the price in stores; and 150$ less than a refurbished EDG). This means that once you bought an EDG you are more or less stuck with it.</blockquote>

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