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Message: <blockquote data-quote="whezka" data-source="post: 3365121" data-attributes="member: 136687">If you will read all the reviews of the standard Habicht 8x30W here in the forum. You will hear almost all are so stunningly impressed by it.. like they never saw such sights before. So let's say the Habicht already transfer 95% of the contrast in the scene. How can it be better? Unless the black one only transfer 85% of the contrast and we would only notice it if the military Habicht transfers 90% of the contrast?Have you seen thru a 8.5x42 EL SV? It is said to have even better contrast than the Habicht. Is it true? But how can the EL show even greater contrast when the Habicht already reached 95%-98%? Anyway I was looking for this thread the author wrote something like..."the Swarovision EL shows better contrast than the Habicht.. but the IF 8x30W version is sharper and I wonder if they can change eyepiece design in a production run to take advantage of individual focus"Have you read the above before here? I can't find where I read this? I need more reports by others to decide if the military Habicht has even better contrast (and my DF worth keeping as reference model). But how can it be when the standard black Habicht already has almost maximum contrast perhaps almost equal to the EL SV??</blockquote>