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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tenex" data-source="post: 3320908" data-attributes="member: 135233">This is a problem with "ergonomic" grips on anything: why be obliged to hold just where someone else with different hands thought you should?  I'm not a fan of the raised thumb ridges on the larger Leicas lately, and Swaro-style indentations are even worse.I also don't understand the continuing attraction of the open-bridge design.  I suppose it's reminiscent of Porro glasses, but doesn't make as much sense when the barrels are so close.  Thanks for your special perspective on the disadvantage.I'm sorry to hear about your PD, and wish you many more years of birding with whatever works best.  By the time he was 50 my father was having trouble holding binos steady, probably just due to a lifetime of heavy smoking!  His preferred solution was a massive Zeiss 7x50.</blockquote>