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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ceasar" data-source="post: 1688072" data-attributes="member: 26155">Disregard the financial maxim that generally one gets what one pays for-- for the moment.Now consider all things equal between 2 binoculars except their formats.  Under those conditions a 7 x 50 binocular will always be brighter under low light conditions than a 10 x 50 will.  Furthermore the 7 x 50 will increase the factor that your shaking hands will introduce to the binocular by only 7 times while a 10 x 50 will increase that factor 10 times making your identification problem even more difficult with that binocular.Nothing is simple in optics.  I don't know how much you spend on hunting and on your equipment, but you also should require the same value from your optics that you do from from the rest of your equipment.  This is why it is important that you personally test, that is try out, the optics you want to use in order to make sure you have a binocular that suits you and your individual characteristics.  You have already stated that you tried your bosses Leica and was very impressed by it.  Well, there you have it!If you are going to be hunting for the rest of your life, get one of them!  It will amount to pennies per day in the long run.  Leica has been around a lot longer than Zen Ray and this is not a criticism of Zen Ray by any means.  If saving money is important, get a Zen Ray and use it hard; if it come up to your standards you are ahead of the game.Bob</blockquote>

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