If you can look at the 2 and compare before you buy. I did a couple years ago and at that time preferred the Leupold. It was sharper to me. I did buy a Z3 a couple months ago and love the optics on it. It was better than the first one I looked at. A friend has said you actually need to look through them because one may be good and the other not. I read that afterward on another thread (maybe on here) too.
