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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Peak Birder" data-source="post: 1703290" data-attributes="member: 51669"><p>I tried a pair of new 10x42 ELs today and compared them aganist my old 10*42 ELs (slow focus type).  In comparison they are slightly brighter, a more blue hue to the image, reduced CA but i get very little with my current pair, but you do get the 'rolling world' feeling when panning which is strange and i am not sure i would get used to it.  To upgrade it would cost me approx £1200 on top of the part exchange of my existing 10X42 ELs which is a lot of money for this very small improvement, especially when you consider I purchased a pair of 8X32 Els for £800 24 months ago!!</p></blockquote><p></p>