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Message: <blockquote data-quote="henry link" data-source="post: 1833812" data-attributes="member: 6806">I've had the chance to compare early and late production EL's and also compare late EL (2009) to EL-SV. My impression is that late EL's are noticeably better than early ones: a little brighter and higher contrast with more neutral color. The SV goes a another step beyond the late EL's. By now most everyone knows about the SV's extraordinary off-axis performance, but the center field image is also improved. It has a cleaner, more transparent look similar to the center field image of the Zeiss 8x42 FL. It's like washing that last bit of film off a window that you thought was already clean.Without having seen a pair I'll predict that the new SLC-HD will show that same transparent field center combined with off-axis performance similar to the old EL.</blockquote>