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Message: <blockquote data-quote="crinklystarfish" data-source="post: 3157849" data-attributes="member: 122209">Well, I have in my possession a 10x30 Monarch 7 S/N:30042XX.I've used it this past weekend in a variety of lights and habitats. I can still see the crescenting veiling glare in some circumstances but it isn't as bad as it was with the three M7s I had a go with about this time last year.I was most notably met with the milky fug when: 1) watching a pair of goldcrests in the top of a hawthorne with uniformly grey sky behind and a large clump of very dark green ivy in the lower right of the image, 2) looking out over a 'grey' scene of open water at gulls with tall leafless willows making up the backdrop, and 3) scanning a row of conifers on the horizon that were backlit by a brighter part of sky where the sun was not quite making its way through grey cloud.Though the smokescreen is still there, it isn't the show-stopper it used to be and it has to be said that at well under £300 this is a good bin. I'm keeping it.I do wonder if it's less prevalent on the 8x version.I also tried a Kowa BD 10x25 as per one of the suggestions up thread. I liked it ergonomically and build-quality wise but found the FoV just way to restrictive. I'm not usually bothered by a small field of view but the sweet spot on this particular derivative was tiny.</blockquote>