FWIW, I've posted before that I've compared the S2 w/20-70x more than once, side by side on tripods, with the Kowa 884, Nikon 82ED, Zeiss 85 FL T, and Swaro 80 HD. To make a long story short, the S2 and Kowa 884 stood out, with the S2 being better to our eyeballs at higher mags. The only thing better that I ever saw hunters bring into camp was the modular Swaro spotter system that goes for about $4k. I hear on this forum and a couple of others that the Kowa 883/884 is top of the heap, and they are great, but not quite an S2 IME.
