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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brocknroller" data-source="post: 1485041" data-attributes="member: 665">Ed, Now I see the "Premier" on the LXs:<a href="http://www.nikonbirding.com/binoculars-premier.html" target="_blank">http://www.nikonbirding.com/binoculars-premier.html</a>"Curiouser and curiouser," said Alice Cooper. It's also interesting that a 10x42 SE and an 8x32 SE made only two years apart have different coatings. I had two 8x30 E II samples, and each had different coatings, with the same differences in the colors of the magenta/green coatings as the aforementioned SEs. What I'm interested in knowing is if any two sample 8x32 SEs have different coatings, which is "best" in terms of apparent brightness, contrast, and color saturation, and what the serial numbers are of those samples, and IF those serial #s are sequential.I'm interested in this discussion, because the only shortcoming of my 8x32 SE, for me, is that the SE has lesser coatings than the 8x30 E II (slightly less) and 8x32 LX (noticeably less). Having said that, the SE is in other ways the best of the three models.If I could get the better apparent brightness of the EII and the better contrast and color saturation of the Venturer LX in an 8x32 SE, which has the best ergonomics for my hands and also the best corrected optics of the three mid-sized Nikons, I can finally achieve binonirvana and end this tiring (and expensive) cycle of binosamara, searching for the perfect bin.I've been told by an optics expert that coatings are matched to the glass so perhaps updating only the coatings isn't possible with the SE without also updating the glass? But then how do you explain the different coatings on my two 8x30 EIIs, which, as far as I can tell, have the same glass (Eco-Glass)."What we have here, (spit), is a failure to communicate" (that is, Nikon creating an conundrum wrapped in an enigma by not revealing information on updated (maybe) versions of their bins).I guess it's time to give Myron a call and try to figure this all out if he has the information in his "knowledge database". My guess is that he probably doesn't, but he has on one occasion gotten me information from a Nikon's technician, who was able to answer a question that he couldn't.So that Ed doesn't completely nod off and end up with keyboard marks on his forehead, I will leave you with a Zen poem <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />: The Search for the Perfect BinIn the valley of this world, I endlessly push aside the tall grasses in search of the perfect binsFollowing unnamed rivers, lost upon theinterpenetrating paths of distant mountains,My finances failing and my patience exhausted,I cannot find the perfect bin.I only hear the locusts chirringthrough the forest at night. (Kakuan, 12th century Zen master)Brock</blockquote>

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