zeissman,

While my 8x32 EL is the best 8x32 I've ever looked through, and the sharpness and color rendition are as good as they get, no 32mm objective binocular can quite match a larger objective binocular in low light, even with aging eyes. And no 8x, not matter how good, will perform as well as a 10x of equal quality as in all-around, short-to-long use.

“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.”
John Steinbeck