brocknroller
porromaniac
Having tried the 8.5x42 SV and loved it, I know I am really scared to try the 8x32SV now after all this.
Steve,
I wouldn't worry about it if I were you since your buying cycle for upgrading Swaros is 20 years. By that time binoculars will all be digital and have the capability to send as well as receive images to or from anywhere in the world. A birder in Costa Rica could send an image from his bin to yours and you could send an image from your bins to his and even pan and tilt the image to see areas of the landscape you want to explore - "smart bins".
They might even invent a morphing "Silly Putty" compound that will enable the user to adjust the body and eyecups to universally conform to anyone's face and hands. When someone else picks up the same bin, it will conform to his face and hands.
Bins will also contain a chromism compound that will enable you to make it any color you'd like. Women will love this option since the bin color can be made to match their ensemble. Men will love it because they can go "camo" when they use their bins to hunt, green or black when they use them to bird, and ostrich skin color when they go yachting.
You will also be able to dial up a color bias or neutral color scheme or filter you'd like and adjust the distortion level to a pleasing level.
With all that flexibility in optics and ergonomics, how will a person decide to buy one brand or the other? Simple. You pay for the logo as an option for purely prestige reasons.
Feed from the constraints of branding, sports optics technology will no longer focus on how specialized and different each bin can be, but rather on accommodating a wide range of users and preferences.
As to trading in your SLC on an SV EL, that ain't going to happen, because the SLC was a Christmas present from your wife, and that assures that it will be with you until death do you part.
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