tenex
reality-based
Well, after growing up with Zeiss porros and switching to a little 32mm Leica, I now have my first Swaro, and it's really gorgeous. Finally the amazing bright clear easy "wow" view I've sometimes itched for after decades of using a (very nice) compact glass, even little bits of color I might not have noticed before. Straightforward design, nice fairly flat field with no oddities, and the Abbe-König prisms I always wanted for some reason. Maybe not a weight I'd choose to wear around my neck all day, but very much looking forward to use on other occasions.
Thanks to dwever for nudging me to look at the SLC 56, which I hadn't thought of because only the 15x has been marketed in the US, and to Gordon for carrying the others now. I'm not exactly sure why 42/50mm models I've seen haven't clicked this way for me, maybe just not quite different enough. I'm sure another person, probably most, would have picked something else, like the SF 42 or EL 50 which may even be technically superior in some respect. But I can't argue with "wow".
Thanks to dwever for nudging me to look at the SLC 56, which I hadn't thought of because only the 15x has been marketed in the US, and to Gordon for carrying the others now. I'm not exactly sure why 42/50mm models I've seen haven't clicked this way for me, maybe just not quite different enough. I'm sure another person, probably most, would have picked something else, like the SF 42 or EL 50 which may even be technically superior in some respect. But I can't argue with "wow".
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