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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Inquisitor" data-source="post: 3369525" data-attributes="member: 129508">I have not logged on for a while. Thinking about binoculars again and thought I would bump my old thread just for fun. I ended up getting the 10x50 EL bins. Absolutely stellar. That said, I am going to figure out how to sell them and get an 8x HT and save any leftover cash as the beginning of a scope fund.What I found was that in real life I still continued to use my 8x42 more and simply wished they had that same level of sharpness and utter clarity as the Swaros. It pains me somewhat to admit that after using them (10x50) in the field that they are one notch too big for my practical tastes, and the shake and loss of field of view pretty much canceled the magnification for me.  Yes, they are balanced very well and that is what made me think I could get away with it. Sure they are great for a short while but prolonged and repeated use from funny postures favored the 8x, hands down. Off of a sandbag from the car roof they were phenomenal.  But why not enjoy a 12 or 15, or scope if using that technique? I want the brightest, cleanest, and sharpest 8x42 available and to my knowledge that should be the HT. I am not very tempted by the 8.5 Swaro or the SF because I have also learned that I prefer unbridged binoculars and lean towards the perceived sharpness and depth of a classical field over a flat one.  This flat field stuff is nice but not worth the noise- I still spent most of my energy hyper tuning the true sweet spot.  The biggest competitor in my mind is the Leica HD+ but from what I think I have read, their transmission is still below the HT. Although there is a part of me that wonders about the 7x Leica....that has got to be a sweetheart and I am sure the extra exit pupil trumps a touch better transmission. Who here has comments about the HT vs HD+ in the 7,8x42 size? I feel like my mind is basically made up but I could be easily persuaded with some good information. Just checking to see if those who know better than me have any strong advice. Thanks</blockquote>

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