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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OPTIC_NUT" data-source="post: 3223666" data-attributes="member: 121951">Looking at this from common ground:I will say....I do agree and understand howhaving excess exit pupil allows the eye to cut the 'rind off the orange',throwing away the veiling glare the the prism artifacts, etc.  You arestopping down the entire path with your eye.However, there are many binoculars, especially in the misty pastof Japan, that gladly tossed the junk out before it got to your eyes.Your eyes are by no means the only thing that can cut off that trash.There are many opportunities to do so in the gadget.  It involves sacrificing lightto achieve contrast, and I support that choice over the blind cravingfor transmission alone.    It may be that I am discussing a world of bafflingI have seen many times and you rarely see.I'm not sure, but it seems you must admit there are better and worse binocularsfor this glare at the same power and aperture.  Some designs miss the mark by a lot,some by a little.  If you don't own many variants at the same PxA, try a big shop's counters.</blockquote>