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Message: <blockquote data-quote="denco@comcast.n" data-source="post: 3181404" data-attributes="member: 25300">I find it strange that some people don't find the Swarovski CL 8x30 sharp and I have to defend them because I think they are getting a bad wrap. Comparing them to my Swarovsions 8x32 the CL's are very sharp on-axis even though they don't have the big FOV and sharp edges of the SV. Here is a review by a pretty knowledgeable reviewer who gave the CL's a 9 out of 10 for image quality. Regardless in my comparison the CL's were sharper than the Maven's 8x30. Here is the review and some quotes. It is interesting that this reviewer who has much experience and has no connections with optical companies  is saying the same kind of things I was in my review. Also, is his Kite 8x30 HD review which is good but he only gave the Kites an 8 for image quality. The Kites look a lot like the Mavens 8x30."What I also thought was very impressive was that even in very poor light, the CL with it's 30mm objectives compared very well to my rather average 8x42mm control and I really struggles to identify the brighter pair. This just goes to show how it is not only how much light gets collected by the objective lens that is important, but how the quality of the glass and the coatings can make such a big difference in the the amount of light that finally gets transmitted to your eyes.""I would describe the amount of softening on the edges of the view as extremely minimal and as good as any binocular that I have ever looked through.""So whilst the variances are really very hard to spot (for me anyway), what did impress me was the vibrancy of the view through the CL Companion especially when looking into darker areas with a lot of shadows.They were also a little better at resolving very fine details as well as having just that bit more contrast than my controls, but not so much contrast that makes the image look unnatural.""Compared to almost all true compacts (objectives of 28mm and under) that I have used, the quality of the view through these for me is as good as it gets with much improved low light performance to boot.Compared to mid-sized bins (usually with 32mm objectives) the optical quality of these ranks them up there with some of the best."<a href="http://www.bestbinocularsreviews.com/Swarovski-CL-Companion-8x30-109.htm" target="_blank">http://www.bestbinocularsreviews.com/Swarovski-CL-Companion-8x30-109.htm</a><a href="http://www.bestbinocularsreviews.com/Kite8x30LynxHD-127.htm" target="_blank">http://www.bestbinocularsreviews.com/Kite8x30LynxHD-127.htm</a></blockquote>

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