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Message: <blockquote data-quote="adhoc" data-source="post: 3681787" data-attributes="member: 131373">This is the result of a personal preference (quirk maybe) but set down FWIW. I like my main binocular to be very small, to carry unnoticed in a pants pocket, and light.The Victory Pocket 8x25 is now the only binocular I use, and will probably remain so except for one more in 15x or 12x for higher x and for dim light. The text below I posted a year back (in another thread) and my needs remain the same."I have now had binoculars in 6,7,8,10,12,16x and 24,25,30,32,40,42,43,50,56,70 mm, which I have given away or sold. But for years my only optics for bird watching, conservation and ornithology, day and night, in varied habitats, was a small 8x25 Nikon. It was very rarely felt to be inadequate."That period ended 7-8 years ago. Then I discovered fine optics! BirdForum was one source. Today that Nikon is not quite good enough for me. But it seems that I have found the replacement.The Zeiss quietly excels in every way. The veiling glare I write of above is only noticed in a "side by side" comparison vs "alpha"-class optics with bigger objective lenses.On just one occasion it seemed to perform a bit short. I viewed a Slender-billed Gull through it in bright sunlight and the bird's very subtle/delicate pink hue was only just conveyed. "Side by side" a Barr-&-Stroud Savannah ED 10x56 and an Eagle Optics 10x42 (with companions) showed this more strongly. Which color rendering is more true is yet uncertain. I could not see this color with the unaided eye at that range.</blockquote>

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