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Message: <blockquote data-quote="denco@comcast.n" data-source="post: 3446518" data-attributes="member: 25300"><p>I only have the Swarovski 8x32 SV and the 10x50 SV now. I liked my Swarovski Habicht 8x30 W but in the end the flare got to me. In most birding situations the Habicht was fine but I realized it had a lot of flare and Tobias has mentioned this but he uses sun shades on the end of his and I am just not going to use sun shades on my binoculars. Recently, I was on a camping/hiking trip to Rocky Mountain National Park and I stopped at a place called "Sheep Lake" where you pull off the road and scan the high mountain cliffs for Big Horn Sheep. You are looking up at an extreme angle in sunny conditions to see the sheep. Well, I was appalled at how much flare the Habicht's showed in this situation. The whole FOV was covered in this milky film and you couldn't see anything. I can't put up with that bad of flare. I tried my two SV's and they showed a little flare but nothing like the Habicht. Between the two SV's the 10x50 showed more detail than the 8x32 SV and I preferred the view but the 10x50's can be hard to hold steady so it can be difficult to get a steady view. Once I relaxed they were pretty steady and I think it depends on how much you have been drinking the night before. I really understand why people prefer 8x. Overall they are a good compromise. Well, anyway I sold the Habicht's on Ebay quite quickly and now I am looking for a replacement for them. I want a good 8x roof because I don't think anything will beat the big 10x50 SV's in 10x. I was going to buy the new Nikon 8x42 MHG and I still may if I don't like the Trac Toric 8x42 but the initial reviews haven't been that super on the new Nikon with Binastro saying he still prefers the Zeiss Conquest HD and you would have to buy it from overseas to get one now. Jgraider says the Trac Toric is brighter and sharper than the Conquest HD so the Trac Toric must be better than the new Nikon MHG right? My keepers right now are the two SV's but I am going to try a few different binoculars to replace the Habicht's and I am not going to pay for another alpha unless I can get a real bargain on one. I know I like the Zeiss SF because I have tried one. I also like the looks of the Toric and the fact that jgraider said it had good build quality and it is made in Japan right? I will try one if I don't like it I will order an MHG from Clifton Cameras and try that. I already got a price quote from them. One thing that bothers me a little is the Trac would definitely be harder to sell down the road than a Swarovski but I don't really think the Nikon MHG would be much better. Higher end Nikon's don't have good resale because people are not used to paying high prices for Nikon's.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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