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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tenex" data-source="post: 3657496" data-attributes="member: 135233">I tried a Habicht 10x40 once (courtesy of Eagle Optics, RIP) and was very surprised that I couldn't like it.  It felt stiff and awkward, somehow less vivid than the roof-prism competition (possibly glare?), and had a stingy sweet spot.  (I suppose trying to waterproof a CF Porro does make it stiff, and I do need CF, so forget Fujinon etc.)  Also a Nikon SE 10x42, no longer made; it seemed nice but just didn't win me over.  Even Docter/Jena doesn't make Porros anymore, and those (like most) were seriously heavy.  Perhaps Porros would seem more competitive if the same R&D effort had continued to be put into them for decades, but that didn't happen.I do think there could still be a market for special editions.  Sometime in the 1980s Zeiss did one with their 10x50 Porro; I don't know whether it had improved coatings, probably not oculars (which it badly needed).  In the 90s they actually reissued the 15x60 with improved, larger oculars.  I'd like to see more of this done today myself.</blockquote>