For tripod use, this little bird unfortunately has to go. Then you can put in this adapter and fasten it with a screw. And make it meet the tripod adapter on your tripod, and: a marvel of modern technology: a tripod mounted binocular. The SLC can still be turned with perfect friction around the hinge axis for horizon levelling. Swarovski SLC W B 8x42 review, last revision 16-3-2015 Serial Number C832544147, origin of sample: Swarovski testpool, thanks to Swarovski Austria! Review period started 29-6-2014 Introduction Two simple truths: Better is the enemy of good, and all things are relative.
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So initially I was very pleased with the performance of the SLC 8x42 W B, especially in in comparison to the 8x32 Swarovision and the Nikon SE 8x32: The contrast is great, almost larger than life, with very good blacks. Definitely a big WOW! Secondly, ghosting and flare suppression is very good. Thirdly, it has the classic pincushion distortion for excellent panning and tilting behaviour. And last, the tripod adapter is simply perfect, a unique selling point of the SLC. In two seconds the SLC is on the tripod and then just very easy to use.
Then the 8.5x42 Swarovision entered the arena I was soon spoilt. There is no way going back for less, so the SLC will not be a longterm companion. It is a good glass, but the Swarovision 8.5x 42 clearly surpasses it in almost all respects, yielding a really different level of clarity. Mechanical quality Body and focusing Very solid, good friction of the bridge. Unfortunately my sample has a very rough, noisy focusing wheel.
I asked Swarovski about it and they claimed this problem had been fixed in later samples and older samples can be upgraded in the service. The rubber shield of the tubes is squeezed by the focusing wheel.
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Focusing was smoother and more silent in cold weather. Eyecups have that nice solid locking mechanism. Blackening of inner tubes looks perfect. Handling I find the bulky but compact SLC easier to handhold than the somewhat small 8x32 SV with its open hinge design.
Tripod adapter I have to give a special applause to Swarovski for the tripod adapter that goes with the SLC. It´s plain perfect with a very quick horizon leveling. Design The SLC does not have the attractive appearance of the Swarovisions. Of course it´s a matter of taste, but 'beauty' is not exactly what comes to my mind when handling the SLC. Some strange dinosaur skin? Were dinosaurs really THAT green?
Well, the Swarovision 8.5x42 looks so much better, and I don´t think it´s a clever marketing move to differentiate the two lines by a much less attractive design of the SLC line. A binocular in this price league needs a certain sex appeal. Optical quality Contrast and sharpness Shadows often look really dark with this glass, probably due to good flare suppression.
In sunlight at closed pupil, contrast transfer in most situations is fine in the image center, I immediately noticed this comparing with the 8x32 Swarovision which often yields images with a slightly grey veiling glare. Compared to the Nikon 8x32 SE, apart from the porro´s 3D effect, I thought the SLC had a nicer image with more vivid colours, not quite as biting sharp as the Nikon, but definitely a more pleasing view. Close up performance: This binocular has an unusually soft bokeh (quality of unsharp image parts). This nicely isolates sharp from unsharp image parts and gives a good threedimensionality for a roof prism design, but also suggests that spherical aberration is not fully corrected. This guess fits with the slight softness I see with open pupils in close up, the image then looks softer than the Habicht 8x30s. But even at daylight below 5 meters or so I feel the SLC in fine details does not have the reference contrast/sharpness the Habicht and Nikon SE have. Most users will probably be quite happy with the sharpness though, especially in normal handheld use.
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