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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jring" data-source="post: 3426954" data-attributes="member: 133897">Hi,ok, the test with 10x32 goes as expected - too bad since the EDG 2 is out now.The Kite Lynx was certainly the best bin you tested - it's made in Japan by Kamakura Koki, one of the bigger OEM manufacturers - certainly a good sign. Actually there's not a lot of bad things to be said about it - except for certain problems with glare and reflections, mainly in bad lighting with bright light sources, which it seems to share with its non-identical twin, the Monarch 7 8x30 - also made by Kamakura but supposedly in china and a bit more cheaply.On the pro side there's the huge field of view, good sharpness on axis and in the field, good transmission, good CA control, small and light package - you could do worse around 500-600 Euros. In the german Juelich optics forum a user tried the Lynx HD 8x30 vs the Vixen Atrek, Monarch 7, Leica Ultravid and Zeiss Victory, all in that size. He found it to be optically slightly behind the two alphas and on second place after the Ultravid but in front of the Victory which he thought to be too heavy.There's many threads on here on this model and how it compares to others.PS: since you are now looking at 8x bins, the Nikon E2 8x30 is also not a bad choice... field of view is even wider than the Kite although just a bit. Sweet spot is slightly smaller than the Lynx though. Sharpness is better in the E2s, transmission is a bit higher for the Lynx. Glare and reflections are handled better than with the Lynx. Package is a bit bigger, 100g heavier and not waterproof though.Joachim</blockquote>

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