hgalbraith
Well-known member
I was perhaps the first person to report veiling glare in swaro 8x32 bins. I first came across it about three years ago on a trip to Colombia. I reported this on BF, after which a number of folks started to chime in about it. I had Swaro replace my original 8x32s with a replacement pair, in which VG was much less obvious. Seemed to me then that VG was something that might be fixable.
I have recently taken possession of another pair of SV 8x32 and have been using them intensely for the last two weeks under various weather conditions and in different habitats from forest to estuary to marine. While using them I have tried to push them into situations that elicited VG in my first pair of SVs (typically standing in bright low sunshine looking into much darker areas such as the forest floor). So far, no luck (?), despite trying hard I have been unable to reproduce VG. They behave like a superlative non-glarey pair of bins!
So, what is the deal? I have two potential theories: one is that Swaro has fixed the issue in more recent instruments. The other is that it has always been instrument-specific and it is just your luck if you buy a pair with or without VG. Whatever the facts, I am ecstatic about my current pair. Fantastic optics and no problems whatever.
Anyone else able to shed light (no pun intended) on this?
I have recently taken possession of another pair of SV 8x32 and have been using them intensely for the last two weeks under various weather conditions and in different habitats from forest to estuary to marine. While using them I have tried to push them into situations that elicited VG in my first pair of SVs (typically standing in bright low sunshine looking into much darker areas such as the forest floor). So far, no luck (?), despite trying hard I have been unable to reproduce VG. They behave like a superlative non-glarey pair of bins!
So, what is the deal? I have two potential theories: one is that Swaro has fixed the issue in more recent instruments. The other is that it has always been instrument-specific and it is just your luck if you buy a pair with or without VG. Whatever the facts, I am ecstatic about my current pair. Fantastic optics and no problems whatever.
Anyone else able to shed light (no pun intended) on this?