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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sancho" data-source="post: 1544601" data-attributes="member: 27039">A similar thread to this ran some time ago, but it´s still a relevant question, and goes to the heart of what is on every binaholic´s mind....what is the Platonic binocular?The top-end binos I´ve owned (not counting compacts) in the last few years are:Nikon HGL (LXL) 8x32Swarovski EL 8x32Nikon EII 8x30 and 10x35Nikon SE 8x32Swarovski EL 8.5x42Canon IS 12x36 and 8x25(I´m stupid, but not rich, so I´ve sold most of them....)The one and only "perfect" model for me is the EL 8.5x42. It´s the only one where the light, the glass, the housing, my hands, my eyes and my brain all meld into one unique sublime system and my consciousness expands to go beyond all this "thinking-about-binoculars" stuff. In fact I´ll think I´ll go and fondle them now and tell them how much I love them.</blockquote>