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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rathaus" data-source="post: 3449987" data-attributes="member: 132018">Re acquity and on axis resolving power, My Experience is the opposite from yours. I wonder if you could have one of the few Habicht duds ever made? I'd Send it back...it has a 30yr warranty, and Swarovski are almost obsessed with indulging any customer concern like no other manufacturer of anything. Also, How does your Habicht compare to various other alphas in your tests?I have better than 20/20 natural vision and have spent endless hours doing nothing but devising ruthless tests to compare absolute on axis acuity between Habicht and various alpha binoculars including the Nikon e2. If your eyes and brain are up to it, 5-10 seconds viewing will easily differentiate the superiority of habicht acquity against Nikon e2. I have found The Habicht is virtually unequalled in resolving the most challenging objects such as silk from a worm or ultra fine single spiders thread in shade or mottled light at a distance of thirty to fourty feet. It's easily the most ruthless test I've ever come up with and almost translucent thin thread can remain disturbingly invisible to some of the worlds greatest binoculars.I have also utilised my children who are blessed with young perfect eyesight, and they can differentiate within seconds. This is a great standardising test. Having said all that, the Nikon e2 is easier to just shove up to your face and have an 'instant gratification' easy view. I'd recommend it for most...if  I had a family gathering at a scenic location, I wouldn't bother handing them Habichts,,,they'd prefer the initially easier view if the nikons. Also, the 10x in Habicht and 10x Nikon e2 are superb. The 10x 40 Habicht might be better than the 8x Habicht in some ways such as glare control. I also find that the acuity and resolution of the Habicht is so astonishing that it is almost wasted on the 8x, and more fully appreciated and realised at 10x. To conclude with some rationality....If all my bins were confiscated excepting the Nikon e2, I would soon forget my thread and micro bark tests and just enjoy the splendid e2 views on offer which in all honesty is plenty for anybody. IMO.</blockquote>

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