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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alexis Powell" data-source="post: 975169" data-attributes="member: 5327">I feel much the same about the Night Owls in comparison to earlier and later Zeiss efforts.  Furthermore, I don't recall _any_ reviews that contained complaints about their optics or build quality (in stark contrast to everything made by Zeiss since).  The biggest complaint was with the weight, and it was for that reason that the 7x45 Night Owl was not considered a viable upgrade (waterproof, and perhaps slightly better optics, esp. edge performance) to the 7x42 Classic for birding.  Another complaint was that the focus was harder to operate when wet and with gloves.As for bearing the weight of the 10x56 Night Owl, there are some who manage.     Once, while birding in the forest south of the Grand Canyon, I encountered a ~50 year-old German man with the 10x56 Night Owl around his neck, hanging from the original Zeiss supplied pencil-thin neck strap, and complete with rain guard.  His neck must have been made of iron.  --AP</blockquote>