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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hermann" data-source="post: 3198418" data-attributes="member: 4925">I know answering my own post isn't good style, but still ... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />I had a long look at the SV 8x32 in the meantime. Spent half an hour with it in front of the shops, and it is for sure a very good bin. The best 8x32 roof I've looked through yet. Very nice optics, good handling, a very useable focuser, not too fast and not too slow. Veiling glare - well, the conditions weren't really right to check for veiling glare. But I think I can understand now why so many people love the SV 8x32. It's nice, very nice actually.Did I buy it? No, I didn't, even though I liked the optics quite a lot. But in the end I felt it wasn't all that much better optically than my 8x32 SE, and I also think I'd trust my old Leica 8x32 BA in *really* tough conditions more than the SV that felt just a bit fragile in my hands. But that was just a gut feeling, nothing else. So in the end I decided not to spend the money. I think I'll wait some more. Maybe I really should get used to the idea of using a harness and get a full-size 8x42. Or wait until someone finally makes a stabilized alpha that doesn't look (and handle) like a brick.Hermann</blockquote>