Of course it can.
What that is worth to a person is for him to decide.
There certainly is a point of diminishing returns in optics. In recent years that even came down a lot.
There is "serious" guys out now hunting with 90 $ binos...
Priceless the tendency of the "high optics" clientele rationalizing gear purchases.
Oft encountered - the snearing look at my guiding optics - Minox Porros 10x44 and Leupold Gold Ring Compact Spotter.
Invariably follows the lecture on the brought Zeiss, Svaro, Leica, ...
More often than not, it will be later me spotting the game.
I do not envy my fellow men their gear. I take exception to any trial of one - up - manship.
