this may, I have written a review regarding newly introduced MIC porro prism sell by Korean optic brand.
They are branded under replaced Korean brand name (Maxvision) but The seller clame they came from same factory of Oberwerk SE and APM series.

SE 's eyecup in more deeply possessed then APM damaging the amount of usuable ER

accessories are almost identical


1. Colors
SE

APM

SE

APM

they both have color bias to green, but greenigh hue is much more prominent in SE like in the photo.
APM's color fidelity is indeed very good. with slight touch of green. better that former MIC porros which shows more distictive yellow - reddish hue
but SE is bit better in brightness.
Real magnification appears bigger in SE then APM
x3 zooms photo that collaged together
SE / APM

Sharpness
in terms of Central & edge Sharpness / CA / Distortion topic, I take comparison of one more bino.
8x32 ELSV. which has Best Center - Edge sharpness, top contender of pincusion distortion and on CA control

Central sharpness is Cleary best on EL and APM leads highly in comparison with SE

edge sharpness
also clear win for EL and lead for APM

Approximately, SE degrades about 69~72% of the FOV and APM degrades about 73 ~ 75%
moreover, SE's edge degrade stronger then APO
so, APM exceel SE with overall sharpness significantly.
FOV
top : SE (8 degree stated)
middle : APM (8.2 degree stated)
bottom : ELSV (8.05 stated which is alomst right)

SE and APO both seems significantly smaller then stated FOV.
while APM bit widwr then SE
CA control
again
SE / APM / EL
central

EDGE

SE and APO shows blue and red CA spectrum while EL shows violet and yellowgreen.
Central CA controlis
APM < SE < EL
Edgd CA control is
EL < APM < SE
in overall, SE is the best bino among three tho surpress CA
(also regarding it's bit bigger magnification compared to APM)
Distortion
SE / APM / EL

pincusion distortion is lowest in EL. and SE have most.
but comparing to Nikon E2 8x30 (right) instead, you can see both SE and APM surpress Pincusion distortion very well.

Glare
this comparison is
SE / APM / E2
(Because EL falls significantly below SE and APM)
SE

APM

E2

APM supress glare better the SE.
E2 is hand down top preformer in this area even with significantly large FOV.
also E2 is best for ghost surpressing.
Argonomics,
they have lot of difference in shape and mechanism
such as focus and eyecup machanism
but not regarding this diffrence, APM give more ER and focus is mechanism is better. (This SE have some uneven tension and play at focus wheel.)
Conculsion.
I prefer optics of APM over SE
I prefer it's sharpness and color fidelity advantages over SE
APM is significantly sharper then SE in center and edge.
they both shows very nice sharpness refarding their price. easily beating average 500$ roof prism such as Kowa BD2, Zeiss terra ed, Nikon monarch7
but APM seems it can compete in 1000$ range in term of central sharpness.
I would say, SE's sharpness is between Nikon M7 and MHG and APM even overcome Nikon E2 and Zeiss CHD 8x32 in sharpness which is a real achievement.
SE's best achievement is CA control.
regarding it's high brightness, SE control CA really good.
not just at it's price point but between nore pricy binos
It slightly resembles of Zeiss TFL 8x32 (green coloring, high brightness and very nice CA control especially on the edges)
those Two bino really was good reference of improvements of MIC binos (befor SRBC cameout)
half the price of middle calss roof to compete well, or even better.
They are branded under replaced Korean brand name (Maxvision) but The seller clame they came from same factory of Oberwerk SE and APM series.

SE 's eyecup in more deeply possessed then APM damaging the amount of usuable ER

accessories are almost identical


1. Colors
SE

APM

SE

APM

they both have color bias to green, but greenigh hue is much more prominent in SE like in the photo.
APM's color fidelity is indeed very good. with slight touch of green. better that former MIC porros which shows more distictive yellow - reddish hue
but SE is bit better in brightness.
Real magnification appears bigger in SE then APM
x3 zooms photo that collaged together
SE / APM

Sharpness
in terms of Central & edge Sharpness / CA / Distortion topic, I take comparison of one more bino.
8x32 ELSV. which has Best Center - Edge sharpness, top contender of pincusion distortion and on CA control

Central sharpness is Cleary best on EL and APM leads highly in comparison with SE

edge sharpness
also clear win for EL and lead for APM

Approximately, SE degrades about 69~72% of the FOV and APM degrades about 73 ~ 75%
moreover, SE's edge degrade stronger then APO
so, APM exceel SE with overall sharpness significantly.
FOV
top : SE (8 degree stated)
middle : APM (8.2 degree stated)
bottom : ELSV (8.05 stated which is alomst right)

SE and APO both seems significantly smaller then stated FOV.
while APM bit widwr then SE
CA control
again
SE / APM / EL
central

EDGE

SE and APO shows blue and red CA spectrum while EL shows violet and yellowgreen.
Central CA controlis
APM < SE < EL
Edgd CA control is
EL < APM < SE
in overall, SE is the best bino among three tho surpress CA
(also regarding it's bit bigger magnification compared to APM)
Distortion
SE / APM / EL

pincusion distortion is lowest in EL. and SE have most.
but comparing to Nikon E2 8x30 (right) instead, you can see both SE and APM surpress Pincusion distortion very well.

Glare
this comparison is
SE / APM / E2
(Because EL falls significantly below SE and APM)
SE

APM

E2

APM supress glare better the SE.
E2 is hand down top preformer in this area even with significantly large FOV.
also E2 is best for ghost surpressing.
Argonomics,
they have lot of difference in shape and mechanism
such as focus and eyecup machanism
but not regarding this diffrence, APM give more ER and focus is mechanism is better. (This SE have some uneven tension and play at focus wheel.)
Conculsion.
I prefer optics of APM over SE
I prefer it's sharpness and color fidelity advantages over SE
APM is significantly sharper then SE in center and edge.
they both shows very nice sharpness refarding their price. easily beating average 500$ roof prism such as Kowa BD2, Zeiss terra ed, Nikon monarch7
but APM seems it can compete in 1000$ range in term of central sharpness.
I would say, SE's sharpness is between Nikon M7 and MHG and APM even overcome Nikon E2 and Zeiss CHD 8x32 in sharpness which is a real achievement.
SE's best achievement is CA control.
regarding it's high brightness, SE control CA really good.
not just at it's price point but between nore pricy binos
It slightly resembles of Zeiss TFL 8x32 (green coloring, high brightness and very nice CA control especially on the edges)
those Two bino really was good reference of improvements of MIC binos (befor SRBC cameout)
half the price of middle calss roof to compete well, or even better.
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