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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Bean" data-source="post: 1656680" data-attributes="member: 64331"><p>Martin, In 1995, when the Minerva 8x30 cost £225, a Nikon 8x30E cost £325, c/f 6.4m, fov 145m, 580g, and the 7x35E version cost £310, c/f 4.9m, fov 128m, 610g. My 9x35 Minerva's leatherette covering is perfect, while my much older Nikon 7x35A leatherette shows signs of slight wear/bubbling on the top surface (not uncommon, I gather). So, it may be that the Minerva is superior in this respect; not bad for a bin' costing £100 less when it was new. For comparison, a contemporary Swarovski 8x30 Habicht was £465...</p></blockquote><p></p>