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Message: <blockquote data-quote="henry link" data-source="post: 3159259" data-attributes="member: 6806">crinklystarfish,One of my frustrations with discussions of veiling glare is that observers tend to look at the symptoms over and over, but never examine the causes. The photo in the link below is an 8x30 M7 interior from the Allbinos.com review. It shows the bright ring of internal reflection that causes the veiling glare. The interior mechanical construction is almost certainly identical between the 8x30 and 10x30, so the internal reflections should look the same. <a href="http://www.allbinos.com/lornetki_test_image/1130_nik_mon_odbl_ol.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.allbinos.com/lornetki_test_image/1130_nik_mon_odbl_ol.jpg</a>It's not clear from the photo exactly where this reflection is coming from. It's close to the edge of the light cone produced by the objective lens, but it could be anywhere along the cone from the objective cell, to the focusing lens cell, to a prism aperture. You could locate it exactly by examining the interior with a magnifier under the lighting conditions that produce the glare. As always, a reflection like this can be ameliorated by using a properly sized and positioned baffle to block it from reaching the eye.Henry</blockquote>