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Message: <blockquote data-quote="marcus" data-source="post: 1290104" data-attributes="member: 345">This afternoon I finally got my 8x42 Infinity Elite ELX delivered. I went out on my terrace to see how good these things really are and I think that these will be the last binoculars I will need because at least in their 'sweet spot' they will be the sharpest of all of them. I didn't have my other ones to compare with them but I'm pretty sure none of them are better. But I remember reading about someone considering these being very similiar to FLs, super-cracking clear in that sweet spot but not on the edge. That's what they are, especially while wearing my bifocals   I was out birding this morning and I decided to bring some not too great binos with me, the first type of 8x42 Bushnell Excursions. Their focus is tight and slow and while I was trying to look at some little birds I wished I brought something better. All the gnats drove me nuts and taking a long time to focus made it seem worse. But then this afternoon my new one came and I really wished I had these with me when I was trying to look at the Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and other birds. Mostly just a lot of Gray Catbirds.</blockquote>