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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steve C" data-source="post: 2975296" data-attributes="member: 56622">Brock,IMHO, like many, probably including me for awhile at least, you are placing far too much faith in the presence of ED glass. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />  That is likely just what marketers count on too.  We have been told many times about the benefits of CA control and ED glass.  Well the Sightron doesn't have it and it controls CA very well.  My Theron Wapiti LT does not have it either and it controls it very well.  The Leupold Mojave does not have it either and I am still trying to induce my first glimpse of CA.  The Mojave controls CA so well, I had to check with Leupold to see if they had decided to include ED glass...they had not.As regards the Monarch 7 it has ED glass and is no better in regard to any image characteristic than the Mojave.</blockquote>