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Message: <blockquote data-quote="denco@comcast.n" data-source="post: 3642933" data-attributes="member: 25300"><p>I really don't see a 20% difference in transmission between a Habicht 8x30(95%) and a Nikon 8x30 EII(75%) from your transmission results by comparing the two binoculars. In my opinion that would be a huge difference. Is that really the results you obtained? If it is I never realized a Nikon 8x30 EII had such poor transmission. If the EII's have only 75% transmission I am selling mine. Allbino's did the transmission testing on the EII's in October of 2013 so they would have had the hardware upgrades and changes in protocol by then and they would be using a spectrophotometer  but yet they got an 89% transmission on the EII and said in the comments it had "Good Transmission." I am sure if they would have gotten a 75% transmission they would have commented on it.</p></blockquote><p></p>