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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gulf1263" data-source="post: 3308832" data-attributes="member: 99783">Spend a lot more money and you can pretty much conquer CA.If you don't want CA get a Fujion 7x50 or 10x70.Of course they weigh over 50 oz , are individual focus and pretty inexpensive for the performance they offer, but if you are that sensitive CA you would live with those compromise's.My little Zeiss 8x32's FL's are less CA sensitive than my Swaro 8x32 EL but the color doesn't pop like the Swaro, another compromise.CA doesn't bother me as much as a lot of folks, my Swaro 8x30 SL have more than either the Swaro EL or the Zeiss FL.Still a great glass, "Wow dude, the sparklies, hey I remember those from the 1960'"As for the Chinese living on the backs of the Alpha's, it is true.Name one innovation the Chinese companies have come up with in the last twenty years that wasn't pioneered by the Alpha's.Phase coating, ED glass, FL glass, dialetric prism coatings, etc., all Alpha'sinnovations...Perkin Elmore, Pyrex and some other folks to include Polaroid, Kodak, Zeiss, Leitz (Leica), Bausch and Lomb and others all paved the way.Not having to do the research and perfection of the technology gives the Chinese a price advantage as does simply stealing the technology and not having to pay patent fees.Prices might go up if the various companies started enforcing their patents and requiring the Chinese to pay for the innovations."We cheat the other guy and pass the savings on to you" only gets you so far.Art</blockquote>

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