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<blockquote data-quote="Riflehunter1776" data-source="post: 1422685" data-attributes="member: 103369"><p>Allbinos test site rates the Swaro sv EL's higher than the Zeiss Victory SF.</p><p></p><p>I own more zeiss glass than swaro, and wouldn't hesitate to take the Victory. That being said, In the case of binos I like the swaros better. And after looking through my new Leicas, I like the Swaros better than them, as well.</p><p></p><p>But of those top 3, for all practical purposes it's too close to call.</p><p></p><p></p><p>review of the Victory SF</p><p><em>....Still the overall image is worse than that of the Victory HT model because its loss of blue light was significantly smaller. It might be caused by Abbe-Koenig prisms which don't demand any reflective coating but also by simpler optical system – in the Victory HT you deal with one element less in the optical axis.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The only binoculars which can compete with the Victory SF on the market are the Swarovski EL Swarovision and the Nikon EDG. The Zeiss's field of view is wider than their fields but the slip-up with the reflections behind the eyepiece's diaphragm simply shouldn't have happened in a case of a top-of-the-range instrument. Still if you are not bothered by it the Zeiss is certainly recommendable in practically every other aspect.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p>Allbinos really likes the Nikon EDG, whereas most other sources do not rate them as highly as the Swaros and zeiss. It might be national bias against teutonic glass, considering their location, but who knows. Also, they have not yet rated the Noctivid.</p><p></p><p>And it must be remembered that birders and butterfly watchers do judge based on a different set of criteria than hunters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Riflehunter1776, post: 1422685, member: 103369"] Allbinos test site rates the Swaro sv EL's higher than the Zeiss Victory SF. I own more zeiss glass than swaro, and wouldn't hesitate to take the Victory. That being said, In the case of binos I like the swaros better. And after looking through my new Leicas, I like the Swaros better than them, as well. But of those top 3, for all practical purposes it's too close to call. review of the Victory SF [I]....Still the overall image is worse than that of the Victory HT model because its loss of blue light was significantly smaller. It might be caused by Abbe-Koenig prisms which don’t demand any reflective coating but also by simpler optical system – in the Victory HT you deal with one element less in the optical axis. The only binoculars which can compete with the Victory SF on the market are the Swarovski EL Swarovision and the Nikon EDG. The Zeiss’s field of view is wider than their fields but the slip-up with the reflections behind the eyepiece's diaphragm simply shouldn’t have happened in a case of a top-of-the-range instrument. Still if you are not bothered by it the Zeiss is certainly recommendable in practically every other aspect. [/I] Allbinos really likes the Nikon EDG, whereas most other sources do not rate them as highly as the Swaros and zeiss. It might be national bias against teutonic glass, considering their location, but who knows. Also, they have not yet rated the Noctivid. And it must be remembered that birders and butterfly watchers do judge based on a different set of criteria than hunters. [/QUOTE]
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