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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chosun Juan" data-source="post: 3002654" data-attributes="member: 92780">Lee,The Swaro was the AK prism model - correct? .... was the few % extra transmission advantage over the Conquest HD noticeable to your eye in the conditions you tested in? (and could this be an explanation for the "punchier colours" and " ‘liveliness’ " of the Conquest HD that your eyes observed?). How would you describe the colour cast of each, and what does this say about the 'shape' of the transmission curves? What was the lighting like? Did the binoculars EP constrain the available light, or would your pupils have been at less than 3.7mm? In can't believe you wrote an entire paragraph on focusing and left out the most important part!  We know those clever Germans stick to the ONLY SENSIBLE focusing direction IN THE WORLD (to be read in best Jeremy Clarkson voice! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />  ....ie. CLOCKWISE TO INFINITY, but what of the Austrians - which way does the Swaro focus?It would be interesting to pit the Conquest HD up against its price point competitors, the Vortex 15x56 Kaibab HD, and the new Cabelas Euro 'Instinct' HD 15x56 .... Chosun  :gh:</blockquote>