Wow! Big difference. I prefer the HT on the left. It looks more natural to me. I wonder if the Shuntu is like a Leica. It has a lot of red saturation.
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Why are Zeiss so sharp on-axis compared to other binoculars? (1 Viewer)
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My Zeiss FL 7x42 are lototec and my Zeiss FL 8x32 are pre-lototec. I just had my FL 7x42's outside and I really don't see much green tint. They are sensationally good binoculars. Great DOF, easy eye placement and brightness in low light.
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Leica's have a lot of red saturation. Similar to the Shuntu as in jackjack's picture.
This interests me. Do we have any test data, photos etc to show this?
NDhunter
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I suppose we know these results are interesting, and they are subjective to the reviewer.
Testing like this is very difficult, sample variation, lighting differences, etc. That is why
you don't see it done, in a real standard, hard to measure and all of that.
Jerry
Jerry
Testing like this is very difficult, sample variation, lighting differences, etc. That is why
you don't see it done, in a real standard, hard to measure and all of that.
Jerry
I only use laptops, limited keyboard options. Or limited by my knowledge of how to use it.
Jerry
Jackjack. The picture on the right seems to be sharper than the picture on the left. Do you have any ideas why? Thanks!
Jackjack. I really like your sharpness testing and simple to understand ranking. Would you have ideas why the EL is sharper than the NV, for example? Thanks!
much more red then leica.
like typical cheap chinse bino.
leica is more like orange and amber because of additional yellow coloring with red. but panorama is almost pure red - brown
maybe because Extended FOV?
EL 10x32 / NL 10x32
NL 8x32 / EL 8x32
NL has better color satuation but el has bit higher sharpness.
but due to large difference of color saturation, NL's additional color contrast made it's resolution to overcome EL at long distance viewing (about 200m) and at bad atmosphere
see my recent post at this thread 😀
unfortunately I have only seen 15x56, 10x56 SLC
no same apature with EL.
but it was sharper then I thought it would to be
well enough to call it Alpha sharpness.
Above : TFL 10x56 (Lotutec ver)
Below : HT 10x54
You can see the color difference.
TFL has bit of greenish, mintish tint. and HT has less green but more bluish tint.
(easily shown at first photo)
color fidelity and overall color contrast is well improved at HT
but like the second photo, greenish objects are more vibrant on TFL because of greenish tint
7x42 TFL I seen had similar color bias like 10x56.
10x54 HT's color fidelity is bit better then 10x42 HT (more blue, less green) and bit worse then 8x42 HT and 8x40 SFL
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JJ, with ref. to posts #311-312: As you have placed Swaro. EL at the extreme in the sharpness list it will be interesting to know where you place the SLC, should you get a chance to test one. A friend and I compared the two ~10 years back. He's a meticulous observer of binocular imagery (and of birds). His visual acuity and mine I reckoned were 20/12 and 20/15; the latter is common on BF. There were 1 SLC and 2 ELs, either, 8x42 and 8.5x42, or both models 10x42, afraid I cannot remember. It was in tropical daylight. Clear, a little, somewhat, cloudy -?-again, memory! Effective /apparent /functional sharpness in the open was no different to each of us. Within foliage in shade he could see more detail with the SLC, very slightly, but definitely. (I could not, or, not trying, or observant, enough, did not, see a difference.)
I also heard really good word about SLC between Korean mania to.
some say that they are EL without field flattener
I have compared SLC 10x56 vs TFL 10x56 and found out SLC leads at central sharpness and color contrast.
so I'm really eager to see 42mm SLC myself
unfortunately, 42mm SLC is REALLY rare item in Korea because they don't lasted long on Korean distributor shop...
It only showed in Korean market just a couple of time and only a half a dozen member I know have owning or own SLC 42mm
but SLC 10&15x56 is at the shelves until now so many of the Korean members have it. especially 15x56.
Typical cheap Chinese binoculars have a lot of red saturation? Interesting. Thanks.
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You're correct. I can see the difference in your pictures. The EL is sharper, but the NL has more saturated colors. Nice pictures!
Yes, I see the difference. I wonder if the HT color is bluer to enhance lowlight performance. I kind of like the blue sky in the HT picture a little more than the FL, but I wonder if it is a little over saturated and the FL is more real. Do you take these pictures from buildings?
Good observation. I wonder if he could see in the foliage shade better with the SLC because of it's higher transmission than the EL. Thanks for the post.