Nikon Premier LX L 8x20 Binocular

These Nikons are brilliant. Good eye relief - hard to find in premium pocket binoculars. I also have two pair of Leica Utlravids and while the Nikons don't have as much visual "pop" as the Leicas they seem to me to have even more 3-dimensionality, if that's possible. Optically they are superb and rate five stars. They feel good in the hand but I would have liked more armoring and for some design reason they placed the focusing knob at the opposite end of the binoculars - at the objective end! This takes some getting used to and, as I am often switching between pairs my fingers always fall in the wrong place. Anyway, I don't get the same focus power with the knob closer to my pinky. And I have to be careful that my fingers don't intrude into the view. It's a weird design causing handling problems. Still, the view is awesome. And I highly recommend them.