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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SuperDuty" data-source="post: 3469974" data-attributes="member: 133977">Rather than hijack Jerrys Good, Better, Best... thread any further, I will use this older thread I started last December to comment on the pair of 10X42SF I'm looking at presently. It's been difficult to find much viewing time, but I don't ever recall another optic this free of CA, they are notably better than the 10X42 HT I had here recently and even a little better than the 10X42 FL, also seen very recently. Going by memory, and also comparing to my Minox 10X44 Porro that I've also compared to all of the binoculars I've had here, the SV and HT have a little more contrast, the SV is a little more saturated, but this pair of SF I believe have the best overall optical performance I've seen. I have never been particularly convinced of much of a sample variation possibility in Alpha binoculars, but seeing these two SF makes me wonder, I'm convinced that these are sharper and exhibit considerably less CA than the other pair. IP adjustment on the SF has to be spot on for me or the view really suffers, too wide and I start to see a lack of convergence, to narrow and sharpness goes away, just right and the view is magic. With the FL I could never hit a setting that quite worked, the HT and 10X50 SV were more forgiving in that regard, it probably has more to do with my glasses than anything else. I'm not suggesting you get rid of your SV, HT, etc in favor of these, but they are definitely another top option for sure. As far as the yellow cast I saw with the sun setting behind my back, I haven't had a chance to try and replicate that scenario yet, so I'm nth sure if there will be a difference.Robert</blockquote>

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