BirdForum is the net's largest birding community dedicated to wild birds and birding, and is absolutely FREE!

Register for an account to take part in lively discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steve C" data-source="post: 3252805" data-attributes="member: 56622">I pretty well agree here.  Should not really be that way but it seems to be.As for Swarovski changing things, they surely have.  There were a bunch of cutaways of Swarovisions posted in two threads here which clearly show the current SV differs internally from the original.  I think Gijs VG posted the first series and Bruce H copied them into another thread.I think I'm likely the poster Brock referenced above.  As for Jerry, I very nearly lost my cookies when I first used the 8.5x42 SV.  It was a clearly nauseating, totally unpleasant experience.  I wish you could experience the same thing even once.  Just the other day I had a chance to look at a first year's run of the 8.5 and a new one.  The images are clearly DIFFERENT.  I won't say one is better than the other, both offer superior and compelling images, but side by side they most surely are DIFFERENT, particularly at the edge.  I still get a RB effect from the original, not as bad, maybe I'd adjust, maybe not. The new one does not have the RB, but I clearly prefer the 10x image from a Swarovision to that one.  Never did see it in the 8x32 and either the 10x42 or either of the big 50's.  Which is why it is a 10x50 SV I'm waiting for.Personally I would like to offer kudos to Henry.  This is a most informative thread (sans Colorado input).</blockquote>