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Message: <blockquote data-quote="typo" data-source="post: 3598104" data-attributes="member: 83808">Jerry, I mostly use binoculars for birdwatching and being able to discern every last detail in seconds is important (specially with my level of skills <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />). So yes, if one binocular can give me more detail or more distance it's my first consideration. Of course with 20:20 eyesight it's relatively unimportant to you. Your eyesight will be the limiting factor. You won't see any more detail with a Leica Noctivid than you would with that $25 I mentioned. Sure, other parameters are going to be more important to you than resolution. When I write a review I spend at least a couple of weeks checking out that stuff too because it's important to me too, just less important.20:20 is the threshold for normal vison, but the large majority of visitors to the forum will have better eyesight than that and will be increasingly demanding on effective resolution. For those my comments on the topic may be valuable. Sorry to be blunt about it Jerry, yours will not.I don't know if your 20/20 acuity is an accurate measurement or not but I took it at face value. Here's a little tale to think about. I started to need reading glasses in my mid forties which increasingly included a astigmatism correction. I complained to my optician that my distance vision was deteriorating as well and he told me I didn't "need" glasses as my eyesight was still 20:20 (well 6:6, we are metric) but he could improve it if I wanted. It pretty much doubled my acuity. I thought wearing glasses was a price worth paying. For sure, not everyone would get that kind of benefit but it might be worth asking the question?David</blockquote>

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