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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gijs van Ginkel" data-source="post: 3369694" data-attributes="member: 82596">Hermann, post 20,From our data it shows that the SLC from 2010 was around 50 grams heavier than the 2015 sample and had a close focus of 1,8 m, which is increased to 2,8 m in the 2015 sample we have investigated. Furthermore the 2015 sample showed a small decrease in light transmission, but it was so small that it could also be attributed to sample variation. That alltogether brought us to the conclusion that there were no major chages between the 2010 ("old") SLC-HD and the 2015 sample ("new"SLC-WB).My analysis (for what it is worth) is, that Swarovski made a tactical/calculated decision by giving the new SLC a substantial lower price than the old SLC to compete with other lower priced binoculars of other brands and one of it is certainly the Leica Ultravid or the Ultravid HD-plus.Gijs van Ginkel</blockquote>