Thanks, Henry, for posting that again - so the front/objectiv side diameter of the baffling cone is too wide?
To my eyes, the blackening inside the Habicht is absolutely insufficient. The big cone baffle is rippled, and the grooves are sheer silver metal. Next baffle is also silvery metal instead of black.
It should be so easy to improve on this for Swarovski, it´s a shame really. Some more black colour. The whole baffling stuff is way too reflective (that is why I swear on some short homemade sunshades which do improve performance quite a bit).
I am seriously thinking about getting a special treatment for my Habicht, and not from Swarovski.
Nevertheless, this little bin keeps amazing me. Had another sample of the 8x30 E2 recently, but the view is so dull, dark and red compared to the Habicht that I just couldn´t keep it. But Nikon is even a more hopeless case than Swarovski caring a bit more about a 70 year old design...
http://www.greatestbinoculars.com/allpages/reviews/nikon/nikon8x30e2/nikon8x30e2review.html