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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hermann" data-source="post: 3152776" data-attributes="member: 4925">Well, these hoods *are* long, aren't they? They may well be effective, but they're rather too long in my opinion, making the whole binocular rather unwieldy. And shorter ones aren't that effective if there's a bright light at close angles, even though they work OK against the smokescreen type of glare. That's why I didn't get the 8x30 when I had decided to get one of the Habicht porros while they're still available and went for the 7x42 instead, despite its narrow field of view. The Habicht 7x42 doesn't suffer from this kind of glare, so Swarovski got it right when they designed this binocular in 1949 ... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> In fact, the 7x42 is better in this respect than most other binoculars I know, even the Nikon 8x32 SE that is already pretty good. Hermann</blockquote>