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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CliveP" data-source="post: 3490324" data-attributes="member: 85835">Nope, it's an intermittent goner I think but thanks for the optimism.I'm glad the thread isn't badly interrupted and I think your idea of hearing from folks when they have had a bit more time to get used to their new bins is sensible so I look forward to more of that.I don't often use my 8x43 but I remember concentrating on little things at the beginning but when I took it out the other day after not using it for a month or two I was wholly very impressed with it in comparison with my other bins in fact it performed pretty much flawlessly by comparison.It would of course be interesting if I had a Noctovid to compare it to but sadly I don't but I'm not sad at all with how the Sapphire worked. Flawlessly is pretty good. I probably shouldn't even be looking at this thread but I do like to see when some-one can get to the bottom descriptively of how this binocular really is and I like those descriptions such as this contribution by JW (and others) that seem to tell the warts and all story.It's really just idle curiosity on my part concerning this Noctivid but I am an optics fan and lucky to enjoy what I have, in fact my most often used bin outdoors  currently is my little Viking Vistron 8x25 which for it's size does most of what I need pretty well. It's not the best optic available by any means but it's the best in terms of portability for my purpose at present.</blockquote>