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Message: <blockquote data-quote="henry link" data-source="post: 3583585" data-attributes="member: 6806">The Zeiss 8x30 B/GA I.F./Olive Green (sometimes called Safari) might not have been phase corrected and almost certainly wasn't T* coated. Like etudiant, I seemed to remember seeing Zeiss material that indicated it wasn't phase corrected. A search through my old Zeiss catalogues and price lists turned up a 2002 official price list. At that time Zeiss still used the T* and P* suffixes as part of model designations. All of the binocular models on the price list have the T* designation except the Diaphuns (which have an MC, indicating non T* multicoating) and the Safari. Also, all have the P* designation except the Porro models, the Diaphuns and the Safari. I don't think these omissions are typos as they only apply to models that were definitely or possibly not T* or P* coated. All the Zeiss stuff I have dating back to the mid 1980s shows the T* suffix always used for all the Dialyt models, except the Safari where it was never used.I suppose it's possible that the Safari got T* and P* coating after 2002, but I think Allbinos probably mistakenly assumed that the introduction dates of T* coating and phase correction for all the other Dialyts applied to the Safari as well.</blockquote>