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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ceasar" data-source="post: 3232994" data-attributes="member: 26155">Hi Arthur,Yes, I know that the earlier (1982) Leitz binoculars like mine were not phase coated.  I understand that the some made late in the 80's did have phase coatings.  But I think that its other, older coatings were more responsible for its lower measure of brightness.  As for my own Leitz 7x42, I still think it is still a very useable binocular, even if it doesn't have phase coating; primarily because of it's 6mm exit pupil.  It is, AFAIK, the only 42mm binocular in the Leitz Uppendahl Prism series.  The 8's and 10's were 40mm binoculars.   I tend to agree with John Dracon's comments about PC in the 3rd paragraph of his post in the link below:<a href="http://www.birdforum.net/showpost.php?p=3230958&postcount=4" target="_blank">http://www.birdforum.net/showpost.php?p=3230958&postcount=4</a>I think the Leitz 7x42 is one binocular where it really is harder to see the difference between phase and non-phase coatings.Cheers,Bob</blockquote>