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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ronh" data-source="post: 3385522" data-attributes="member: 55514">The 8x42 FL is the most CA free binocular I've seen.  I have not had a good try with an HT, but Zeiss does not advertise such an improvement in it, and I would be surprised to see one, having found Zeiss advertising quite factual.FWIW, I have never noticed CA while actually birdwatching in any circumstance where the view was not already so crappy from bad lighting that the elimination of CA would have appreciably improved it. Under "CA conditions", scattered light usually hurts the view worse than CA. My favorite, the 7x50 FMT-SX, (which I actually birdwatch with, being retired and sorely needing discipline) is rather bad for CA by comparison, but it beats the 8x42 FL in other ways that pull it ahead for me. This all said, it is perfectly fine to be obsessed with any optical effect you please, each part of the learning curve, beautiful in its way.  Ron</blockquote>