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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fireform" data-source="post: 1732868" data-attributes="member: 65457">I get your point, but unless I were going to use them to view architecture on a regular basis, the extent of rolling ball in the Swarovisions is not obtrusive.  The SVs have distinctly higher resolution everywhere in the field of view than any other alphas I've had, not just on the fringes but in the center field as well.  The width of the sweet spot means that in practice I need to do a good deal less panning than I had to do before.  My basis of comparison includes all but one model of the EDGs, 5 different models of Zeiss FL, the 32mm Zeiss tribe, and the 8x Nikon SEs.  I no longer have my 10x SEs, but the SVs are distinctly sharper than the 8x SEs which have been my benchmark for more than 10 years. If you prefer less detail in your view I suppose resolution is a matter of taste.  As far as I'm concerned, when that is combined with their compactness, balance and ergonomics, brightness (better than any other than the FL) control of stray light (which is distinctly better than the 8x42 Zeiss FL I hunted with for a year), they represent a new standard.</blockquote>