Well, I stumbled into this discussion recently and read much of the 50 pages.
A few years back I bought my first "real" binoculars and I think Frank D gave me some advise. As a result, I took advantage of Camera Land's a close-out sale of the Minox BD 10x44 BP and I've been enjoying them very much. They are very sharp, are great in low light and have an awesome build quality. The internal focus is very unique indeed!
This time I’m going to buy 2 binoculars to share on an Alaskan cruise. I’ve come to understand that 10 power binoculars on a ship may be a little too much magnification due to the slight motion of the ship and that 6 or 8 power with a decent field of view may be more appropriate. I went to Zen Ray's site and saw their ZRS 8x32 and I began a search for reviews which ultimately landed me back here. So this topic gets bump up again to the top! Again!
Anyway, this Sightron seems to do everything right. The only thing missing in the optics is ED glass but it appears the Sightron is pretty darned good at bringing the colors together. I suspect the longer barrels have something to do with that similarly to the way longer refractor telescopes manage. It's the short tube refractors that benefit the most from the ED glass, know as semi apochromatic.
I was also looking at the Carson 3D ED but there are not nearly as many reviews of that model and there are certainly no comparison reviews between the Sightron and the Carson.
Frank D, if you're reading this, you mentioned earlier that Sightron had new coatings possibly making the BS ii brighter. Anything to that?
Anyway, thanks for bringing this binocular to everyone's attention. I suspect I'll end up with two pairs of these for the cruise and will continue to enjoy them for years afterwards!
