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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gijs van Ginkel" data-source="post: 3418021" data-attributes="member: 82596">Subzer888, post 35,Yes the values of the EII we measured were lower then we expected, but we did not pursue it further, since Nikon is not a large binocular player in the binocular shops in The Netherlands and Belgium (for example the Dutch Birding Asssociation stopped selling them or did not even want to sell them, Sights of Nature in Belgium, a rather big player on the market,  does not carry them, House of Outdoor & Optics does not carry them. If you wonder why: that is certainly not because the quality of the Nikons is not top level , but because of the sales and service policy Nikon performs, I and also Jan van Daalen of House of Outdoor have explained that over and over. That is really a pity for the consumers in The Netherlands and Belgium, since Nikon makes beautiful instruments, we have quite a few in our cupboards.With regard to the low transmission values of the EII we published, that can have different reasons.-1- we have measured a lemmon without knowing it-2- allthough we clean the lenses carefully before performing the measurements, sometimes it occurs that there is some stuff on the optics inside, that is by eye not directly visible , but it can distort the data.So, we will measure another sample and let you know how that performs (it may take a couple of weeks before I have the new data, so be patient please).Gijs van Ginkel</blockquote>