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Message: <blockquote data-quote="denco@comcast.n" data-source="post: 1571582" data-attributes="member: 25300">So you could have an alpha like Nikon SE that is only $500.00. So price does not define an alpha. I didn't know the Swarovski SLC's had the same optics as the EL's. Same coating too? Not quite the cutting edge style but the same view. They are a pretty good buy then. I guess there are alot of alphas then! I always thought they were the top models by the big three. So these would all be alphas:1)Swarovski EL,SLC,Habicht.2)Nikon LXL,EDG,SE.3)Zeiss FL, Conquest4)Leica Trinovid,Ultravid,Ultravid HD.What about the other smaller manufacturers like Minox, Opticron, etc. I think we need to define what really is an alpha binocular.Dennis</blockquote>