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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dialyt" data-source="post: 3395830" data-attributes="member: 43009">Interesting comments. For me, the open bridge design of the Swarovski EL and Zeiss SF is intrinsically displeasing from an aesthetic perspective. Yes, it is comfortable to hold, but it's design is too revolutionary and, quite frankly, odd, and even ugly. I hope Leica doesn't introduce an open bridge design. I think Swarovski took some design cues from the Zeiss Dialyt 7x42, since it had an open bridge design almost, and allowed the wrap around grip for all users. They took the central pin out to form the EL.</blockquote>