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Message: <blockquote data-quote="crinklystarfish" data-source="post: 3153144" data-attributes="member: 122209">Just to reiterate, the deal-breaking problem that I've encountered with the three M7 10x30s and one Kite Lynx 10x30 I've (quite extensively) tried is low light veiling glare.Though this can raise its unwelcome head in all sorts of lighting conditions, dull grey days are the most likely to provoke it. I'm not talking about flare / glare caused by near-sun (or other bright light sources).I'm specifically talking about dull conditions where a partially washed out image - the wash out often notably crescent shaped - ruins the image when looking at uniformly coloured subjects, usually in the same plane - like, for eg, a row of conifers or a tall hedgerow.With the M7s and Lynx 10x I see it repeatedly. Lifting one of my other bins (Trinovid / Ultravid / Swaro CL-P) onto exactly the same subject sees the issue instantly disappear.I've faffed about with shading the objective lenses with my hands and with eye placement and IPD and none of it makes a jot of difference. I can't avoid the veiling glare in M7s or the Lynx; neither can I provoke it in my Leicas or Swaros by changing eye placement or IPD.</blockquote>