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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brocknroller" data-source="post: 3274542" data-attributes="member: 665">HERESY! DEFENDERS ASSEMBLE! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Funny that you should point out the LXL's color fidelity, because I felt that in terms of color in the LXL was an "infidel." Reds look a bit orangey compared to the Venturer LX, which has deeper, more realistic reds like the Nikon SE. Yellows really pop with the LXL, and on brightly lit objects such as leaves, the image can be TOO bright and wash out detail. Didn't experience that with the LX, and I had both models at the same time. What I would like to see is the LX's optics in the LXL's lighter weight frame. Of course, I would still have to deal with the RB. What you saw in the 7x36 ED2 was what I call "Rolling BOWL," rather than "rolling ball." It's due to too much pincushion rather than the lack of it. The result, however, is similar in that both extremes can cause the image to appear to roll. The difference is that with RB, the image is rolling over a positively curved surface, hence Holger's term the "globe effect," while with "rolling bowl," the image appears to roll over a negatively curved surface like the inside of a globe whose top half has been removed. The result is the image in a bin you experience RB with pops out at you in the center and grows smaller at the edges whereas in a bin with "rolling bowl," the image in the center looks smaller than it does at the edge. When I looked at the flat road out ahead of me with the 7x ED2, it looked like it had a dip in it. When I looked at the rectangular dumpster, it looked saddle shaped, with the straight lines curved inward. The "rolling bowl" in the 7x ED2 was even more noticeable while tilting the bin up and down trees, though I could see it while panning too. So you didn't see RB with the ED2, which means you could be immune to it if that's what you're basing your previous experience on. Brock</blockquote>

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