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Message: <blockquote data-quote="denco@comcast.n" data-source="post: 3624239" data-attributes="member: 25300">I have compared the older FL's to the HT's. The HT's are brighter and they are improved but the older FL's can be a real bargain if you find a used pair. Here is what Allbino's had to say about the FL's and the newer HT's."The graph looks nice indeed – the maximum transmission is able to get to 94% and, what’s important, that result is reached in the middle of the visible spectrum. The red and blue light transmission levels are good as well – the Victory HT should render colors properly. Unfortunately we can’t compare this graph to the one of the Victory FL 10x42 as that set of binoculars was tested by us without measuring the transmission across the whole visible spectrum. Still we can use here the transmission graph of the Victory FL 8x42 model which contains the same number of optical elements. It’s clear that in the middle of the visible spectrum both pairs of binoculars have results on almost the same level but the new Victory HT fares better for blue light so the overall amount of light delivered to your eye is higher."</blockquote>