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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ceasar" data-source="post: 3418115" data-attributes="member: 26155">Gijs, Post 43,When I was reading your PDF with the transmission values of the Nikon Es and E IIs I noticed that the 1999 8x30 E II beginning with SN 50xxxx had almost the same transmission values that the old 8x30 E had.  As you noted, the E II was introduced in 1999 and I wondered whether that E II which you tested was still using the same old objective lenses that were in the 8x30 Es.The SE was introduced a couple of years earlier than the E II and since it had 32mm objective lenses I surmised that they came with Nikon's newest coatings on them, which is why they had better transmission values.   Nikon may not have gotten around to upgrading the 30mm objectives with new coatings when they first introduced the E IIs.This, of course, is speculation on my part.  A while back Brock and I spent some time in trying to figure out when the SEs and E IIs received upgraded coatings and speculated that if it happened it happened when the 1st 2 numbers on their SNs were changed. Bob</blockquote>