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Message: <blockquote data-quote="denco@comcast.n" data-source="post: 3219523" data-attributes="member: 25300"><p>I compared the Nikon 8x32 EDG II very closely to the Swarovski 8x32 SV for a long time. I kept the SV because I preferred the ergonomics and the optics. The SV's are smaller and lighter and the slender tubes allowed me to wrap my fingers around them better. I also preferred the less tacky armouring on the SV. Optically, the SV's were sharper at the edges than the EDG's which I liked, they were a little brighter, the contrast was a little better, the sweetspot was a little bigger on the SV's and they had a bigger FOV. I have no doubt that if Allbinos were to test the 8x32 SV they would be the new number one for those reasons just like the 42mm Swarovision beat the 42mm EDG. The Nikon's depreciate like crazy also. I got my new Nikon 8x32 EDG's II because I sent a pair of Nikon 8x32 EDG I's in for repair and they sent me the new EDG II's. When I decided to sell the Nikon 8x32 EDG's II I had to drop the price to $1000.00 to sell them on Ebay and they were like brand new. Nikon's depreciate a lot more than Swarovski's and I have sold quite a few of each brand. It is largely because people associate Nikon with a low end or maybe mid-priced binocular and they are not prepard to spend the big bucks on them like the big three. I would never pay say $1000 or more for a new pair of Nikon 8x32 EDG II's.</p></blockquote><p></p>