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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jremmons" data-source="post: 3522534" data-attributes="member: 119184">I'll see if Cabela's has them when I drop by this weekend (I doubt they will, though).The 8x were in the hands of a fine birder I met this weekend up North. We swapped binos for about 10 mins (I had the 8x32 SEs) and were both pleased with the views. The NV was probably brighter, the SE was sharper to the edge of the field. The NV had great glare control (typical of Leica), but the SE was maybe more color neutral. Suppression of CA was very similar to the SV - not as good as the Victory HT/FL or Kowa Genesis models of which I am so fond, but not really bothersome in most conditions. The only other bino I had was the 10x43 ED4 which is a step below these two binos in everything except brightness and control of CA - but I couldn't do much of a direct comparison due to difference in magnification.I can certainly see why someone would be fond of the NV. I do not, however, believe it to be a record-smashing, supreme alpha class binocular and believe it will just be another option among the many great alpha models.</blockquote>