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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mooreorless" data-source="post: 1303864" data-attributes="member: 28262">Hi Ed,Sorry I didn't see this until this evening. When I bought my 7x30SLC is was supposed to be WP. You are right this binocular doesn't have the glass plate in front of the objective, so I guess it is just water resistant.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I don't imagine the 1991 model 8x30 SLC was phase/coated either like mine. The picture I have of the 1991 model doesn't have the glass plate in front of the moving objective. I returned my pair to SONA in 2003 and at that time I asked if I could upgrade to phase/coating and they told me only the full size SLC could be upgraded to phase coating. Zeiss is supposed to have come out with p-coatings in 1988, so I would think it would of taken a while for the rest to catch up.Regards,Steve</blockquote>