My 2 cents: Binocular series have winners and losers. In the Zeiss FL & HT series, I always thought the 8x42 was a loser, as it had a narrow sweet spot (it seemed like about 70%), which made it sort of like looking into a tunnel. The 8x32 and 10 x 42 were very good, with a sweet spot of about 85-88% of the view.
The Zeiss 10x42 FL and HT are better in low light conditions with their pumped up resolution and better CA suppression, while the Swarovski & Leica have better contrast and color representation. The new SLC's are good binoculars, but I haven't checked them out against the latest Leica's. Swarovski came out with the new SLC's for hunters, and EL's for birders.
I would like to hear someone's review of the above companies hunting riflescopes and how they compare to each other.
