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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alexis Powell" data-source="post: 2406311" data-attributes="member: 5327">I think it is wild speculation to imagine that there is anything deliberate about Nikon's lack of hydro/lipophobic coatings. Nikon has always marched to its own tune w/respect to sports optic model design and marketing, and has generally been fairly conservative. The main way that the company is "innovative" is by executing excellent designs at nice price points based on tried and true technologies. Generally, the success of those products results from attention to the fundamentals of mechanical soundness, proper stray light control, and a comfortable view. Nikon has proven slow to incorporate new coating technologies. They were very slow (relative to Z/L/S/B&L) to offer their first phase-coated roof, and slow to adopt dielectric coatings. --AP</blockquote>