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<blockquote data-quote="LDHunter" data-source="post: 1667111" data-attributes="member: 105"><p>I've had the luxury of being friends with an optics engineer for quite a few years and he has always maintained that quality of lens and lens coating is way more important than objective lens size and my experimentation over the last few years seems to have proven him right. I used to hunt with a bunch of guys and we absolutely loved to compare scopes especially at dusk and Bushnell scopes were almost always best in the two or three tested regardless of objective size.</p><p></p><p>If you really want to know which scopes are clearer and have better low light performance then have some friends show up with several different brands of scopes and do some "blind testing" where people can't tell what brands they're looking through during the tests. You might be shocked at some of the super premium optics and their failures to impress when you can't see the fancy name and price sticker.</p><p></p><p>They once did something similar with confirmed beer drinkers and I think it was 9 different brands of beer and almost NONE of them could pick out their brand or even the most expensive brands in a blind test. When they tasted them they were tasting the advertising... When we look through optics we have to be careful we aren't falling victim to the same deal. Try to learn to look with your eyes rather than your mind. It's waaaaaay harder than you'd think!</p><p></p><p>Leupold has come a long way with their lens coatings in the last few years beginning with the VX line and I'm sure they now compare more favorably than they did before. The standard I like to compare to these days is Nightforce. If a scope is as good or better than a Nightforce in clarity or low light performance then my attention is very quickly won!</p><p></p><p>I'm in my late 60's with the mere beginnings of cataract development due to diligent use of quality sunglasses and within a couple of years I'll be opting for premium lens replacements. Just like quality scope optics not all eye replacements lenses are created equal.</p><p></p><p>Pay attention fellow shooters that are aging! If you'll spend a few thousand on just one rifle scope out of many you own then why not premium lens replacements in your eyes which you use all your waking hours of every day?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LDHunter, post: 1667111, member: 105"] I've had the luxury of being friends with an optics engineer for quite a few years and he has always maintained that quality of lens and lens coating is way more important than objective lens size and my experimentation over the last few years seems to have proven him right. I used to hunt with a bunch of guys and we absolutely loved to compare scopes especially at dusk and Bushnell scopes were almost always best in the two or three tested regardless of objective size. If you really want to know which scopes are clearer and have better low light performance then have some friends show up with several different brands of scopes and do some "blind testing" where people can't tell what brands they're looking through during the tests. You might be shocked at some of the super premium optics and their failures to impress when you can't see the fancy name and price sticker. They once did something similar with confirmed beer drinkers and I think it was 9 different brands of beer and almost NONE of them could pick out their brand or even the most expensive brands in a blind test. When they tasted them they were tasting the advertising... When we look through optics we have to be careful we aren't falling victim to the same deal. Try to learn to look with your eyes rather than your mind. It's waaaaaay harder than you'd think! Leupold has come a long way with their lens coatings in the last few years beginning with the VX line and I'm sure they now compare more favorably than they did before. The standard I like to compare to these days is Nightforce. If a scope is as good or better than a Nightforce in clarity or low light performance then my attention is very quickly won! I'm in my late 60's with the mere beginnings of cataract development due to diligent use of quality sunglasses and within a couple of years I'll be opting for premium lens replacements. Just like quality scope optics not all eye replacements lenses are created equal. Pay attention fellow shooters that are aging! If you'll spend a few thousand on just one rifle scope out of many you own then why not premium lens replacements in your eyes which you use all your waking hours of every day? [/QUOTE]
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