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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alexis Powell" data-source="post: 1679831" data-attributes="member: 5327">Or, _any_ optically superb modern $200-250 binos, of any sort.Or, any mid-sized roofs with the easy view of full-sized roofs (i.e w/ 5mm exit pupil), that is, any wide-field 7x32 roofs.It's probably true that neither of these products has a big easy-to-tap market right now, but isn't that odd?  Shouldn't these, on the grounds of utility, be exceptionally popular products?  Maybe someday things will turn around.  We're finally seeing the tide turn in compact digital cameras (and to a lesser extent, SLRs) away from the megapixel wars and toward actual image quality (and high ISO performance).  For many long years there have been _no_ even halfway decent high ISO capable compact digital cameras.  It seemed no company had the clout, or the will, to either produce a niche product to sell to educated digital photographers, or to market such a camera to the masses. Now, finally, there are at least a few models, and more are on the way.   --AP</blockquote>