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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Six Point Five" data-source="post: 3198064" data-attributes="member: 125978">Mark, flare, glare, or whatever it is, i never had haze covering the entire field of view. I went outside this afternoon, again. Nope, nada. To paraphrase M. Twain: the rumors of SV being hazy are vastly exaggerated.The best i could do this afternoon, the sun was not very low, but we were expecting rain again at sunset, was  to look at hawks and vultures as close to the sun as possible, and then just look close to the sun. The best, or worst i ever saw was one slight tin coma of golden light at bottom on left, for 2 seconds.   One red shouldered hawk flew half a field of view bellow the sun and i enjoyed seeing every bit of detail and contrast on his feathers with the sun on the upper edge of my glass. No problem here.  If you folks want to try a hazy glass, try a $100 Brunton roof prism 10x42 from a few years ago. The damn thing has nothing but haze at all times. I think i am going to shoot it to parody that Conquest video.</blockquote>