It will however mean that a dielectric coated glass will have have higher light transmission and be brighter than its non dielectric counterpart in the similar quality/price range. I would suspect the dielectric Monarch is better than the original. That is likely to remain a suspicion as my original Monarch never gets used anymore and its dielectric counterpart rings no particular bells. I will take a look if I'm ever anyplace that has one of the new dielectrics. All sorts of differences in binocular technologies are rapidly narrowing. The soon to be increased availability of dielectric coatings is just another example.
The difference may be marginal in any price class and the difference, if significant, is largely "in the eye of the beholder". You may well need to have one of each side by side to see any difference.
Last edited by SteveC99; 11/23/10.
