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Message: <blockquote data-quote="stephen b" data-source="post: 3356490" data-attributes="member: 80110">Dennis- we get that you did not care for the Habichts and now love your SV's. So just be happy with what you have and stop wailing against them in threads that people are interested in them. You may think you are helping, but IMO, it seems to be beating the same drum and disruptive.As far as resolution and clarity, I am in agreement with Rathaus with how unbelievably sharp the Habichts can be. I owned the 8x30 Habicht along with a 8x32 Swaro SV together for over 18 months and spent a load of time comparing them. In my opinion the pure optics of the Habicht did not sit in the back seat with regards to the SV. And on center axis the Habicht may be the sharper bin. Do they come in different outside packaging and optical formulas- yes. And because of that one may be more appealing to different people. And I am sure most would pick the SV for obvious reasons. But a current Habicht with all the latest coatings is a superb optical instrument. It may be a different fiddle in the Swaro lineup; but I do not think it plays 2nd fiddle- just different. For example, I do not think the Habicht is like a Zeiss Terra compared to their lineup. I feel even though the Habicht is a Porro, and old school at that; it is still a first class optical instrument. Certainly in the discussion of the best Porro's ever made. To me the 8x30 Habicht was superior optically to the 8x32 Nikon SE's that I also owned.But different strokes..... And we should be thankful that we have many good binos to choose from. It would be boring to all use the same instrument. But even if we did, there would probably still be people on here saying that their same instrument was better than the next fella's <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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