I really liked my pentax's however I noticed eye strain when spending a lot of time looking through them scouting over the past couple of years as well. I told myself the EL's weren't even a possibility but spending a week with a pair I fell in love. So DON'T LOOK through them. I wasordering Dad'sMinoxfrom Doug at cameralandny but then i had to open my mouth, he felt the line twitch and set the hook. I was actually going to buy the Zeiss Conquests(darn nice to my eyes)but heyI am sucker for the word "deal" and ended up with a visa bill for Minox and Swarovski's[&:]. I saved a fair chuck from what they run here so it wasn'tall bad[]