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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ceasar" data-source="post: 561560" data-attributes="member: 26155">Angelo,I'm curious.  Have you tried your Zeiss 7 x 42 ClassiC's while wearing your glasses?  You should have no problem using them while wearing glasses.  Their Eye Relief has to be longer than the Nikon SE which is 17.4mm.  My old model Leica Trinovid 7 x 42's have an ER of at least 22mm.  A friend of mine had your Zeiss model and it had an ER at least that long.  I wore glasses till I had cataract surgery and I had no problem with glare while using  the Leica's.  The fold down eyecups worked perfectly and in fact they helped stabilize the bin when pressed against my glasses.  I think I was able to get a steadier view when I wore glasses than now when I don't.  Another thing;  if  you are nearsighted, you need 20/20 vision to scan the sky when you are looking for raptors and also for looking through brush for warblers and such, so you have to keep your glasses on.  It's more convenient and much faster to keep them on when you want a closer look through the binsBob</blockquote>