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Message: <blockquote data-quote="spyglass" data-source="post: 1633487" data-attributes="member: 18470">Well, after Sancho's post, the only, obvious, glaringly correct answer, which will forever remove the doubt, anxiety and constant pondering....is to get one of each. You then either take them both on outings, doing constant A-B tests and just generally playing with yr toys. Or...OR....take one, make mental notes of how it did in this situation, under these conditions, taking this or that into consideration. Next trip, take the other, then when ya get home, you muse the relative merits of S vs Z, take them both out on the patio or the yard, look at something thru one, then the other, and say "hmmmm......uh huh.....". You won't ever hafta wonder if u shoulda got the other one. There's a danger tho'.....you're gonna start wondering how yours would compare to the EDG or Ultravid or new Elite (a real sleeper). 'Course, ya always need to remember that the SE family is still out there to throw a wrench in the works.....and even the 820 Audubon has the capability to cause consternation, should it show up among the candidates. This will keep the condition known in some circles as OCD (opticalus compulsecea disorder) alive within you, and you will take some solace that there are many others silimarly stricken (and thx to this and other blogs, you may find release for your malady). There....see? Just go do it, financial consequences be damned, and know this is not a new path you trod upon, carrying your burden.</blockquote>

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