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Message: <blockquote data-quote="james holdsworth" data-source="post: 3426855" data-attributes="member: 79864">That's the problem with being here [on this forum] for too long - it's the clutter of information about things we already know enough about.It doesn't matter the model or issue - well after consensus is reached we get individual reports of CA, poor sharpness, poor focus, poor build etc. and then [thereafter] all of these problems reported individually take on a life of their own, even though they may diverge wildly from the consensus.Something like the 8x32 SV was a good example - generally loved by most that used it but [over time] a few reports of glare, CA, poor focus, poor sharpness - these could all be from one report - and the whole model becomes tainted. Dennis is notorious for taking a single comment, maybe staining of the SF armour, and just repeating it in enough threads that most everyone starts to believe it's a real problem.I try to read the 1st few months worth of reports and go from those - anything coming later tends to be just noise to confuse the issue.</blockquote>