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Message: <blockquote data-quote="angelo225544" data-source="post: 1145995" data-attributes="member: 31246"><p>The Trinovid 8x32 BN remains one of the finest bins ever made. Although its image brightness is beginning to show its age, I have never found another 8x32 to exceed its center resolution - which has been truly superb in every one of the 30 or so I have tried. It simply does everything well enough, you can forget it's there. With its superb build-quality and reliability, it belongs on anyone short-list among 32mm bins. A smooth-focusing 8x32 Ultravid, while probably slightly better, may not be worth the price difference; Ditto the 8x32 Swaro EL. Much as I've tried to like the Zeiss 8x32 FL, I have trouble with its relative lack of color intensity and contrast. Zeiss insists this is by design, but I find its image bland by comparison with Leica - purely my subjective opinion. A perfect sample of Nikon's original 8x32 LX(HG) will keep right up with the Trinovid in all respects, including resolution, but I see a bit more sample variation among Nikon's, with regard to resolution.</p></blockquote><p></p>