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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Matt_RTH" data-source="post: 1376144" data-attributes="member: 53715">I hope Nikon is watching this thread as other manufacturers apparently do.  I've been wanting a 7x42 "conceptually" as I'm in love with 5+ mm exit pupils due to some recent evening and dawn birding I've done recently.  But I'm intrigued that the little 8x32 SE could be as bright as the 7x42.  I would love to see for me self.  To be fair, it would take pretty horrid conditions to really judge brightness between binocs.  I had to wait until almost sunset to test brightness of my 7x50 compared to some 8x32 roofs but my eyes still dilate and contract quite a bit.  Again, lot of fluid variables but I do believe that we mere mortals can find the general answer.</blockquote>