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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chosun Juan" data-source="post: 3432519" data-attributes="member: 92780">Lee, This is precisely the problem !  :scribe:Zeiss is out to serve it's own befuddled notions rather than provide the best of the best produckt to the consumer!  :h?:   Swarovski seeks to achieve the best, but then again, they're not stuck in a corner surrounded by wet paint !  :stuck:Gijs, post#46  Judging by the Allbino's graphs, even though the 10x42 Leica UVHD+ with its HT glass prism doesn't quite reach 90% transmission in the blue, it does show a significant increase (+10% @400nm, +3% @425nm) over the Leica 10x42 UVHD (2nd rhs graph). Even accounting for measurement error, this is still a valid and worthwhile increase ..... Every little bit helps !  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />  :t:[ATTACH]593057[/ATTACH][ATTACH]593058[/ATTACH]I agree with you regarding the Swarovski 10x42 SV (tr% graph below) ......... With its transmission 'way' over 90% in the blueish according to the Allbino's graph, it is clearly doing something very very special there, even trumping the Zeiss HT at that point ....... I would dearly, dearly love to know exactly what sort of secret sauce   |:x|  special glass concoction Swarovski is using there ??!!![ATTACH]593059[/ATTACH]Chosun   :gh:</blockquote>