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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gijs van Ginkel" data-source="post: 3450848" data-attributes="member: 82596">Subzero888, post 46Thank you for your response to my post 45. To clarify things: Jan van Daalen owns the binocular-shoe store you like so much and I am an independent scientist, who sometimes perform binocular/ telescope tests for the general public , which are published on the WEB-site of House of Outdoor. That is part of a so-called science-shop concept in our country. I will tell Jan that you like his store a lot.With a transmissionof 85% at 550 nm of the Nikon EII it is still 11% lower than the transmission of the 8x30 Habicht, which scores 96% at 550 nm. That difference clearly shows when the binoculars are compared certainly at slightly lower light intensities. Both binoculaars are in my perception pleasant instruments allthough the housing of the EII is a little too thick and short for my hands. Enjoy your EII a lot since that is after all the fun of a good binocular.Gijs van Ginkel</blockquote>