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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Troubador" data-source="post: 3628565" data-attributes="member: 109211">Or YesIt depends on the person.Some of the worse binos I have seen have been in the hands of a tour leader. Medium priced and medium capability binos, armour almost hanging off, scratches on the lenses, paint worn away, one eyecup barely attached. But he could identify birds and animals in an instant. OK in one or two habitats I can do that because I am so familiar with the birds and animals there, but he would describe what he was seeing in terms of behaviour and plumage details and it was clear he simply saw past his bino's imperfections and just perceived the subjects. Other folks can't stand binos if they can't point there eyes to the edge of the field and see a sharp image or can't stand to see a curved pole at the edge of the fov or detect a tiny amount of CA. For me its free play in the focuser that annoys.Lee</blockquote>