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Message: <blockquote data-quote="james holdsworth" data-source="post: 3472458" data-attributes="member: 79864">Hopefully Jerry will respond as well but thought I would give you my impressions of [my 8x32] Conquest HD vs.[8x42] HT.The HT is a bit brighter, whites are truly white [a bit cream with the HD], contrast and colour saturation better, CA a bit better, flare resistance better, veiling glare resistance better.The HD produces a very sharp and refined image, mostly aberration free and is a pleasure to use for length in the field but the HT just has that something extra - better transparency, more ''pop'' [call it 'sparkle' or 'wow' or whatever] that just renders the HD a bit on the dull side.The HD's have a very fast but very precise focus speed - a bit slow with the HT - although the HD do have some issues with stray light handling, especially with a low, bright sun. I would be interested to hear how the 42 mm HD's fare on this, as I suspect their greater length might allow more recessing of the objectives - Jerry may be able to comment.</blockquote>