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Message: <blockquote data-quote="denco@comcast.n" data-source="post: 3434837" data-attributes="member: 25300">I have tried many 7x42's including the Zeiss FL, Leica Trinovid BN, and the EDG II and I always felt like I wish I could crank up the magnification on them. They always felt weak to me although I could see their advantages with DOF and ease of holding steady. I guess I will have be to the "Party Pooper" here and say I would never buy a 7x again. I totally understand why they aren't being made anymore. Most people don't want them and they don't sell well. 8x is a better all around binocular giving you better detail and a bigger image of the bird. There are still SOME people that like them but the popular vote has spoken and the format is pretty much extinct. I agree with "Better View Desired" when they said."Personally, I find that the image produced by most 7x binoculars is just a little on the small size to be completely satisfying, from an aesthetic point of view."</blockquote>