A
birding friend of mine is currently agonizing over a choice of
birding binoculars and I feel his pain. On my advice, he just purchased and received his closeout
Nikon Premier 8x32SE binocular and is in love with it. It blows away anything he has ever used. So what's the problem? He also located a mint, AAA+++ vintage Leitz 8x40 and it will arrive, next week. I have held a Leitz 8x40 binocular in the past and it just oozes quality and Euro ambience. In days past, it was my dream binocular. He can't afford to keep them both, so hence the conflict. We both love retro equipment, especially when it has a label such as Leitz on it, so such a decision would tear me apart, too. Of course, whichever fabulous birding binocular he chooses not to keep, just may end up in my hands.