Was out biking to work in the pre-dawn darkness and rolling out of the parking lot, when I turned east. Wow! I had to stop and catch my breath. The crescent moon and Venus made a spectacular pair low in the sky! You could catch them both in the field of view of a typical 8x42 binocular - I know, because as soon as I arrived, here at work, I grabbed our
Carson XM HD 8x42 and put it to work. Although the view was fading fast in the growing light, it was worth a look in the Carson binocular. As I have so often, I still had to smile at the optics in that Carson XM HD. We've had our
Carson XM HD 8x42 binocular on the shelf for three years, now, and use it as a checkout
binocular for our employees when they need a binocular and everyone always falls in love with it. That's a lot of binocular for the price from some very nice folks.