Well all I can say is I never ever see any CA with the Kowa SV 8x32 and I am pretty susceptible to it so if there were any I imagine I would have noticed. It is also a glare handling star with an immersive view and I never said it had been updated but perhaps it has. I couldn't know as I only have this one six months and never owned or tried one previously. My newer Sapphire appears upgraded from my original 3 year old early model but both of them didn't/don't have CA.
Some-one mentioned the Opticron Aurora and I tried one years ago against the Swaro SV and the Aurora had a ton of deep purple CA. It was worse than my original silver prism Opticron DBA. The Swaro EL SV was effectively CA free although my first 8x32 EL had some.
I found the EII very bad for CA also.
My M7 has some as did the Leica 10x32 HD I had and the Leica had not the easiest eye placement unlike the 10x30 M7 or at least it is not as bad. My 8x32 FL had effectively none.
My Papilio II 6.5x also has no CA and this new RSPB 8x20 I bought has none either so there are 4 bins I currently have with CA effectively totally controlled and altogether they still cost less than one of these lower end Leica.
Lets wait until the new bin comes out properly to see how it is but I'm still keeping my Kowa and all the others.
I would swap my Bresser for the Leica though8-P
Some-one mentioned the Opticron Aurora and I tried one years ago against the Swaro SV and the Aurora had a ton of deep purple CA. It was worse than my original silver prism Opticron DBA. The Swaro EL SV was effectively CA free although my first 8x32 EL had some.
I found the EII very bad for CA also.
My M7 has some as did the Leica 10x32 HD I had and the Leica had not the easiest eye placement unlike the 10x30 M7 or at least it is not as bad. My 8x32 FL had effectively none.
My Papilio II 6.5x also has no CA and this new RSPB 8x20 I bought has none either so there are 4 bins I currently have with CA effectively totally controlled and altogether they still cost less than one of these lower end Leica.
Lets wait until the new bin comes out properly to see how it is but I'm still keeping my Kowa and all the others.
I would swap my Bresser for the Leica though8-P
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