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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chill6x6" data-source="post: 3623929" data-attributes="member: 130888">Something some of you may find interesting....or not...<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Almost exactly two years ago I got out the 10X42s I owned at the time which were a Leica Trinovid(before the HD), Zeiss HT, and Swarovski SV.  I then set up my Snellen eye chart in the back yard probably about 40 yards away or so.  Set the binoculars up so I wouldn't have to touch them while reading the chart.  Started reading the chart and then every 10 minutes seeing how far down the chart I could read with the decreasing evening light.Conclusions?  Probably no surprise to most of you that the HT and SV were essentially EQUAL at least to my eyes and on that evening.  At one point, 7:14PM the SV looked as if it had the advantage but the next three viewing times showed no difference.  Actually none of those three were able to separate themselves at all.</blockquote>