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Originally Posted by bobtodrick
Sorry to say stinky, but you’re wrong.
As some one who has been involved in optics for 35+ years advancements in glass formulation, grinding technologies and coatings are ongoing.
Top camera lenses of today (their glass comes from the same companies as the bino’s use) easily outperform those of 10 years ago.
http://www.madehow.com/Volume-2/Camera-Lens.html
A new set of premium bino’s may not have enough improvement to spend the money to upgrade.... but if someone wants to upgrade, or it’s their first pair.... the glass today is better. |
The manufacture of perfect glass and the grinding technology peaked 7 or 8 years ago. Coatings are the only frontier left and it is amazing the difference that coatings make, even the order in which the coating are placed on the glass in the case of the Zeiss Victory there are 72 layers. Most coatings are designed to over come light refraction which is the biggest inhibition to light transfer.