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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jring" data-source="post: 3587207" data-attributes="member: 133897">Hi,as Lee pointed out, the Meopta is also a nice option in the $1000 class... or their twin brother Cabela's Euro HD for those blessed with a Cabela's nearby - not so much for the o.p. in Scotland...Regarding FL vs Conquest HD transmission - the FL probably has the edge but it has to be said that those transmission values from allbinos need to be taken with a grain of salt - they were often quite far away from what others measured... especially since the FL review used the old graph and the Conquest HD was measured only at two wavelengths (green and red) - obviously with a different instrument for which a very low error margin of +- 1% is given... maybe that is more realistic but of course only part of the picture since blue is left out.Optically both Nikon porros will meet (E2) or beat (SE) all the bins mentioned at lower prices but of course they're a bit larger, slightly heavier and not waterproof.Joachim, porro fanatic</blockquote>