I owned and used the ultra lite 8x32 for a few years,but i dont have them anymore..I agree with Alexis Powell's remarks...Sharp as it gets practically ..about 10-11 feet close focus.(better than specified)...good contrast and fairly good against front light and glare..eye relief was tight to use with eyeglasses ,but i used small flexible frames at the time and managed to see the entire fov..The color rendering was a bit greenish/warm,and i dont think of them as being specially bright..their fine resolution suffered quite a bit on low light compared with other binos i have used,and you could see this happening on the field as light fluctuated ..but on good light they really really pulled detail..They do seem to have a sharper image than the 8x42 version ,that i have also owned,but this might be a misconception caused by the fact that i owned the 820 audubon at the time ,and the 8x42 ultra lite lacked the extraordinary resolution that my pair of audubons had..
The 8x32 ultra lite also controls chromatic aberration very well,to the point of making me think that maybe ED glass of some sort might have been used in their objectives.I read at least one report of this fact in the context of some german top brand (zeiss or leica)collaborating with the Japanese manufacturer at the time,and with this model ,to be precise..
They offered the classid 3d porro view,but forced me to reajust diopter setting constantly with different focus distances..I managed to do this easily,and become second nature to the use of the binoculars..My current 8x32 roof doesnt require for this adjustment..i now use the kenko ultraview EX 8x32 OPDH II,a clon of the popular (,in this forum),sightron BS is actually ,that is actually comparable in general optical performance with the Ultra lite ,but honestly outperforms it as a birding glass almost in every area,even if the Ultra lite is a sharper bino.
All in all and to finish,the Ultra lite 8x32 is a super fine,PREMIUM porro,much better optically than the current generation of 8x30 yosemite clones.I think that their fair competitor would be the Nikon EII.I have read a comparison or two in the forum,and they seem to be very close in resolution and general view
They have been said to be the same binocular sold as the Celestron Ultima 20 years ago,and might be sold as the Vixen Geoma ,still in production, but the Swift grey rubber armor and paint job( including lettering)is unique and very very cool...there are good looking little fellows.
By the way,if anyone is interested, I just found all accessories and original box,even swift logo printed plastic bags ...they sold with premium case,the blue swift strap,and neat covers..price tag 264,95$