Looking for a light-strong, lightweight binoculars with 8x magnification and 42 mm lens opening seemed the Nikon HGL a good choice. In fact, the light intensity is enormous. However, as regards the color reproduction, these binoculars is anything but a top product. At edges or sharp contrast to red shadow form. It's like having the color set much too strong in TVs. Regrettably, this has an impact on the resolution: details blur, blurred. That these binoculars formerly - and some place even today! - For more than 1300, - is offered and purchased, is revealed to me only with difficulty. With the price reduction in 2014, the glass approaches at a reasonable price-performance ratio. I can recommend it not yet, when it comes to have a color-shadow-free and clear picture. Focus, feel, eye contact (with and without glasses), weight, center of gravity are iO bag fits more to the VIP tribune of the racecourse as to Outdor excursion.