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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chill6x6" data-source="post: 3547290" data-attributes="member: 130888">After some prodding....I got off my tail and did a few test concerning CA this am.  This is a little bit late in coming but work, tax return, vacation(<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />), birding, etc has taken it's toll!First....the CA test.  I quickly picked up six binoculars.  Three of the conventional FOV best high end 8X42s I have then the Monarch HG along with the Leica Trinovid HD and Maven all 8X42s.  I do a test with a black pattern on white poster board.  It literally eats binoculars alive.  Should have taken a picture.In the first group I rank from 1st to 3rd, left to right:  picture at the bottom.Zeiss FL, Nikon EDG, Swarovski SLC.  The FL and EDG are a little bit ahead of the SLC in this regard.  The FL does the best all across the FOV.  The EDG only slightly less so.  I find this parameter lower down the list of importance for me.  Rarely is the best binocular in controlling CA my favorite birding binocular.  That IS that it's all about, RIGHT?NEXT up are direct competitors.  Picture is first to third from right to LEFT!  No idea why I lined them up like that!  The Maven B.1 8X42 is the better binocular when CA is concerned followed closely by the Monarch HG then the Leica HD.  I felt the Maven was best every time I picked it up.I've done quite a bit of birding lately....the majority with the Monarch HG.  The more I use it, the more I like it.  I've directly compared the Monarch HG with the Maven B.1, Leica Trinovid, Trinovid HD, SV 8.5, Monarch 7, and Zeiss FL...all 8X42s except the SV.  From the above list I'd prob put the Monarch HG as the number two binocular.  As recently as Sunday I carried the FL 8X42 along with the HG.  Conditions were not that good.  Cloudy with little to no sunlight.  Birds in top of the trees with a gray, cloudy background.  Terrible conditions for color and contrast.  In practically every instance I thought the HG topped the FL.  I couldn't believe it either...  I used the Monarch HG all over Curacao and while birding in Labadee, Haiti as well.  It's really a first class birding binocular.  I am particularly impressed with it's focus adjustment and the clarity of images.  Low weight and small stature pay dividends when sticking in a pack or while hanging around ones neck.</blockquote>

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