content: I like the Barska binocular's. I purchased them to spot ships and tows approaching my job on a ferryboat. The veiw is good at medium to long distances, but often hard to focus at close and very far distances. Close distance is anything under 20 yards and far is anything over half a mile. They are used to read the names of the vessels approaching us. The lettering is usually 8"(tows) to over 2ft.(ships) in height.I ended up getting another pair for a co-worker and had the same problem with that pair and actually had to exchange it for another pair the focus was so bad. Overall I rate these as very good since I don't need to see anything under 20 yards with them and my max distance is under half a mile for reading the names of the vessels.