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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jaymoynihan" data-source="post: 1569815" data-attributes="member: 50493">You kind of hit the difference (optically) between the 2 in your question. Apart from the lack of any noticable CA of course in the Swift. The center resolution in both is of course excellent, probably with a tiny tip of the hat to the Swift (given the aperture difference, there should be)<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />But the Swift image quality does comparatively, degrade outward from the center, as in most binos. I know, physics being what it is, that must be true of the Nikons also, but I do not see it in normal use, and I cannot see it if i look for it, until you get about 5% from the edge. In the Swift, you do not notice it in actual "use" (if you are actually visually concentrating on the creature <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />  ) but it is easy to see when you look for it. Yes, the 8x32 SE is kind of a magic glass. :t: Pity they stopped production. Wish i had salted away a spare pair.</blockquote>