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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gijs van Ginkel" data-source="post: 3366094" data-attributes="member: 82596">Bob, post 35,Dennis is right in that there are some puzzles to be solved around Maven for a clear picture. Nobody is helped by making them holy or discarding them on unfair grounds. After comparing for example the bodies of the 30 mm Mavens, the Nikon M7 and the 30 mm Kite Lynx binoculars, I am almost 100% certain, that their body structures are the same, so there is little room for exceptional differences in optics. The Maven WEB-site reports 95% transmission for the 8x30 and 10x20 Mavens with SP prisms. We have investigated the Kite Lynx 30 mm binoculars and none of them come close to 95% transmission. Moreover, in the course of the years we have investigated many roof prism binoculars with SP prisms and among them the very top lines and none has a light transmission of 95%. Yes, we found such high light transmissions in Swarovski porro's and in the new Zeiss HT with HT glass. So my question is: how reliable are the data in the Maven WEB-site?Gijs van Ginkel</blockquote>