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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fazalmajid" data-source="post: 3660371" data-attributes="member: 134771">I took the opportunity of a layover in London to try out the new 8x30 CL companion against the Zeiss Victory Pocket 8x25 at Selfridge’s. I wasn’t impressed by the Swarovski. It had marginally larger FOV but wasn’t sharper, despite the lens flattened (the Zeiss has noticeable curvature of field). Also the CL was more predisposed to purple fringing.Granted, viewing conditions in a busy department store 2 days before Christmas were less than ideal, but some people have been making strong claims about this model that simply do it correlate with my experience. I am not a Swarovski brasher, BTW. My favorite bions are 8.5x42 EL SVs that I packed on my trip as there was astronomy on the program.</blockquote>