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Message: <blockquote data-quote="denco@comcast.n" data-source="post: 3344164" data-attributes="member: 25300"><p>I just got back from Cabella's in Thornton,CO. They didn't have any of the high end Leica Ultravids Plus's to look at and at first I didn't see any Zeiss SF's in the display case. I asked the clerk if they had any and he gave me a dumb look like what is an SF. Duh. I told him according to your website you have a 10x42 Zeiss SF in stock. He then started digging under the shelves through all the Swaro's and low and behold out came an expensive looking box with the blue and white logo on it. Zeiss SF 10x42! I had hit paydirt! He opened a rather large box and pulled out a nice quality looking case and good looking strap. Hmmm, the accessories are sweet. It had that nice German smell I love so much. He handed me the binoculars and I was impressed with their light weight and good balance for a 42mm. I had no trouble adjusting the diopter and setting the eyecups. Everything worked fine. The armour is a little weird and you seem to see fingerprints on it more than a Swaro but it is still nice. The binoculars are lighter at the objective end and it is noticeable. I asked the clerk to get out the pair of Swarovski 10x50 SV's I saw sitting in the display case to compare them too. Too cut to the chase the Zeiss SF are very impressive. They do have a noticeable bigger FOV than the 10x50 SV's. I tried them again and again and REALLY tried to see the "Green Monster" but I could not see it. The S/N was 4359321. To my eyes the whites are white just like the Swarovski's. The focus was perfect on the SF's but the Swaro's were too with smooth tension in both directions. The Zeiss SF did not quite have the edge sharpness of the SV but they are very close and you don't notice it much with the big FOV. I think Zeiss may have gotten rid of any green tint the earlier models had because these had none. I am still not ready to trade the SV's in on these but they are superb binoculars. Of course any binocular over $2500 should be. Right? I think I want a pair but I don't need them. Hmm.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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