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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stephen Mark" data-source="post: 3379219" data-attributes="member: 126138">Did your self a disserviceI think as happy as you were with your Kowas you should have looked at the 8.5X42 Genesis. They are more solidly built than the Conquest HD's and the Kowas have a view that the Zeiss just doesn't match. I tried to love the Conquest's when Zeiss first came out with the replacement eye cups and failed. I know the Genesis are heavy but with a good harness it doesn't matter. Kowa simply gives more optics for the money and I have tried every thing in a serious bino. The Zeiss is good but the Kowas are a lot better for the couple of hundred bucks extra.Steve</blockquote>