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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gilmore Girl" data-source="post: 3439521" data-attributes="member: 106744">Hi David,Let me know if I'm following this correctly or not...I do get lost frequentlywhen you touch on visual acuity, eye issues and behavior, etc. (which is often).It seems like the gist of the argument is that reports of subpar resolution or sharpness (and you have pointed out there is a difference in other posts) in the case of the Conquest HD must be (or could be?) coming from people with above average eyesight with no eye issues. But, we don't know the visual acuity or eye health of any reviewer, so it seems we are making assumptions here. My rule of thumb when reading reports/reviews of any binocular is to look at the general consensus; if a bino receives a vast majority of positive reviews , in the case of the Conquest HD, then I tend to think it's pretty good until of course I try it myself which is the most important thing since I'm stuck with my own eyes (good or bad). Couldn't some of these positive reviewers have good vision with no eye issues (such as glaucoma etc) ?  Why do we assume that reports of poor sharpness are by people with above average vision with no eye health conditions ? Couldn't one or two of these reviewers have poor vision and this is why the subpar performance report of the Conquest HD?I'm not saying this is the case, but only reminding us that we don't know the vision of any reviewer or tester since this is not mentioned; it's usually mentioned if someone wears glasses or not which still doesn't tell us much.Are you positing the following?: Since a small amount of the population have above average eyesight and Conquest HD has reports by a small amount of people (of subpar resolution), then these reports may be coming from the only people with the ability to see the flaws of the bin.  If the above is what you are suggesting then IMO it jumps to conclusions.Let me know if I'm reading all of this the wrong way. I always respect your opinions and depth of knowledge.</blockquote>

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