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Message: <blockquote data-quote="David Swain" data-source="post: 1579124" data-attributes="member: 78199"><p>Undoubtedly a Zen ED porro would always be compared to the SE (it's something like a Holy Grail effect), but a small, agile company like Zen ought to be able to use that to their advantage. Assuming there is not a kind of false consensus here on BF (a risk with this much navel-gazing), porros are enjoying a mini-renaissance. Zen showed how quickly it can react to interest by securing a design and producing the 7x36, and the resources in China are clearly deep and diverse. And not impeded by a conservative, global corporate model, on the strength of its roofs Zen could quickly develop and market an EII/near-SE that is waterproof and has modern eyecups (those last two are key). Would it become a "poor man's SE?" Well, that's the point! So long as the SE remains virtually unobtainable, a serious and updated version might do very well.</p></blockquote><p></p>