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    Swarovski Habicht 7x42 dissection

    Since it had the same optical design the FOV and sharpness were the same as the 7x42 "Traditional" (which we now call the 7x42 Habicht), except that the SL had superior Swarotop coating and two fewer glass to air surfaces, which made it brighter and less yellow biased than the Traditional 7x42...
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    Swarovski Habicht 7x42 dissection

    I had a 7x42 SL for a few years back in the mid 1980s. Optically it was just like today's Swaro 7x42 Porro, except that the Porro prisms were cemented rather than air-spaced. Some very low light transmission measurements of old SLs by Gijs has led to some speculation here that something may be...
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