Well, the ZRS may be going back. Does anyone have a suggestion of similarly-priced 10x42s? I'm looking at the Bushnell Legend EX, Diamondback, Celestron Noble, etc. The Cascades for $140-150 seem to have dried up.... These will primarily be car / short hike bins (I have compacts for longer trips afield), so size and weight are not the most important concerns.
Thanks in advance!
Bit of a problem , the cheap 10x. You do not start seeing a benefit in 10x vs. 8x until 300-500 dollars. At the lower end you sill see a bigger slightly more washed out colored bird. Not much new detail at 10x there.
Thanks, Tero. I think you've posted in the past about the older Excursions. Do you know if the EXs are any better? I will call EO today and get their take (maybe the "new" Diamondbacks have improved resolution and color...?).
The ZRS aren't bad (I'm not bothered by the warm color cast as some are. In fact, it's less than the B&W KR1.5 filters I used for years with film cameras). But last night looking at lit signage at approx. 100-300m I saw that they were noticeably less sharp than the Yosemite porros I just bought for someone else (I know I'm comparing 8x to 10x, but I'm hoping to get that crispness in a 10x, which I use more for distant scanning than close work (e.g. big wetlands, deserts).