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Message: <blockquote data-quote="paddy7" data-source="post: 3152747" data-attributes="member: 88594">Mine are definitely Monarch 7 8x30, but are designated '711'..been out on a day where excessive snowy cloud swapped places with clear blue sky, low sun. If i looked below the sun (although i doubt i would ever do this unless testing something) there was a little glare down in the lower rh corner. However, if this was due to an an unblackened ring, looking to the right of the sun, above the sun and left of the sun would create something similar, which it didn't.Looking into leafless hedgerow (whether the sun was behind or to the side or in front) was fine.The air was what a mate used to call 'dirty' (i.e. a bit misty), but there was no fug that wasn't just an 8 mag version of what was there. I pulled out sparrowhawk, fieldfare, treecreeper, redwing and song thrush in bare branches with no prob.If out on a 'serious' birding day, i take the Vanguard Endeavor EDII and Swaro scope; i use the Monarch for local bird counts for Birdtrack and opportunist trips, but find myself looking for more and more reasons to take the Monarchs, as they're a very 'likeable' little set.If you're thinking of getting some, don't buy online; check the forecast and go to a specialist retailer on a day you suspect might cause a problem, if its there, and give them a good road testing. I find it hard to believe a company like Nikon would let an identified problem go on unchecked.For £250 for what is close to a pocket bin, these are hard to beat. Wide, fairly flat, light, bright enough, with almost no CA ..... i've tried bins 5 times the price that i wouldn't swap for them. Sorry Caesar!</blockquote>

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