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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mayoayo" data-source="post: 1296620" data-attributes="member: 16781"><p>Yes ,i bought a pair of the ED 8x32 at an incredible price,and decided to sell them and use the money for another purchase(ED50)..Well, i sold them,made a couple hundred dollars,and REALLY regret it....I though ,well,i can buy myself a pair of 8x32 SP ,for half the price,and probably not notice much difference..I didnt get the SP,but i bought a pair that suppose to be even a bit better,the Minox BD 8x32..Well...NO COMPARISON...Perhaps the ED glass doesnt really gets that much advantage in CA correction,or doesnt really makes that much of a difference in sharpness,BUT,the contrast..The contrast,the overall contrast ,based on the control of flare,..THERE is the name of the game for me right now...I wasnt able to let the ,otherwise excellent ,image  in the BD impress me ,because i was constantly in check,avoiding flares or repositioning  the glasses..I think the image was (in the BD)as sharp as the ED ,and color fringe was not much of a problem for me(the ED had only nominal amounts of it in the 90% outer edge),but the contrast that THE NEW COATINGS brought to the image was impressive,NO FLARE,..perhaps a small shine ,in the most horrible light conditions,did creep slightly into the most outer edge of the image and created a small crescent at the edge ,but NEVER fully flared...look at the pictures of the coatings,they look JUST like the HIGH-HIGH end binoculars out there....AND i can guarantee you that even a 600-700 they are worth the money...I didnt know HOW GOOD they are ,until i sold them!!!!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>

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