You ask, I told you. I was going on MSRP. I wasn' t talking deals and price reductions. You ask for opinions. I gave you mine. I' m not taking it back. [>:] The compacts you' re looking at are not much better than reading glasses. I too did some research. I read and shopped and compared binos for 2 years from Maryland to Colorado. I visited shops at first thing in the AM, last light and after sundown. I took them outside and compared side by side. IF I ask for suggestions or comments I meant it and listened. IF you only want people to answer that agree with you.... state that in the opening line.[:-]