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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FrankD" data-source="post: 1421124" data-attributes="member: 18544">I think Kevin is the most qualified person to comment on this as I know he has three high end Zeiss and the Nikon SEs at the moment.All I can say is that I agree with your comment about how all of the Alphas differ from on another in the variety of optical and ergonomic categories. I will also say this though, I do believe the Zen Rays are sharper than at least one of the "Big Three" and they certainly control color fringing better than two of the big three (not counting the newer HD models of two of them as I have yet try them). Both of those comments I have no doubt about. Throw in the fact they have a wider field of view and I believe you could put them in the same category.That is optics though. Ergonomics are just as good depending on what you prefer. Build quality and overall fit and finish is very good on my unit. In this area I think there could be one or two small improvements to really "tighten them up" to Alpha class level. I know these issues are being addressed at the factory level. Once that is addressed then, yes, I would call them Alpha quality.</blockquote>