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Message: <blockquote data-quote="perseid28" data-source="post: 3257837" data-attributes="member: 104041"><p>Getting back on topic, my Conquest HD had different color coatings on the objective and eyepiece lenses; the objectives were orange while the surface of the eyepiece was nearly invisible. Since both surfaces displayed the same hydrophobic characteristic, I would assume the Lotutec coatings are actually invisible and are placed on top of the normal multicoatings. If this is indeed the case, I'd also assume that it wouldn't be difficult for the technicians to fail to coat one of the lens surfaces with Lotutec and not realize the mistake. I think a call to Zeiss service would be more worthwhile than quibbling over Zeiss vs Swarovski.</p></blockquote><p></p>