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Message: <blockquote data-quote="iporali" data-source="post: 1429818" data-attributes="member: 2925">Jeff,Although there were no smilies, I think Dale's comment was so bold that it was most probably said (at least partly) tongue in cheek. I also don't think he works for Swarovski - I remember recommending him a Swaro scope, when he himself was considering a Nikon (at the time when the new Leica wasn't available).The greatness of the new 25-50x eyepieces is not in their resolution, which is - as Henry says - at those powers too much for the "resolution" of the eye. Their revolutionary features are less sexy: "apparent FOV for a zoom" and "constantly good ER over the entire zoom range", whose significance one may realise only when he or she uses the scope in practice. I personally think that Leica has put even more effort in developing their wide-zoom than Swaro (judging by the price, weight and ER), but at that "alpha" level no scope or eyepiece out-resolves others. However, in this case the Leica system may offer just enough more viewing comfort for certain eyeglass-wearers' or less vignetting for digiscopers using a particular camera... that it makes the price tag justified. Best regards,Ilkka</blockquote>