Les jumelles Swarovski EL 8,5×42 constituent-elles vraiment une référence ?

Steve Ingraham, from the website Betterviewdesired.com, considers that five manufacturers propose the birders top quality binoculars : Nikon, Leica, Zeiss, Bausch and Lomb, and Swarovski. Swarovski has quite recently developped a full sized 8x birding glass : the Swarovski 8.5×42 EL. Their physical design is unique, with the two extra long barrels (lens tubes) separated by enough space so that you can wrap your fingers all the way around-no central hinge-just a bridge top and bottom with the focus knob floating on the upper bridge. In addition, the new body design is several ounces lighter than comparable top of the line roofs.
In that article, the author describes the qualities and characteristics of this product, and compares them to the Nikon HG 8X42.