I bought a VX III when they first came out and compared it tothe Zeiss Conquests I owned at the time. I have a USAF resolution chart I use for this purpose. I'm not sure exactly what an index matched lens system is, I only know what my own eyes saw and the Leupold could not resolve detail quite as well as the Zeiss scopes. I was surprised because Iwas expectingthe VX III to be a vast improvement over the Vari X-III (based on Leupold's claims), but to my eyes it wasn't at all.

I might give the VX L a tryatsome point, but I really don't have a strong desire to do so.I just can't get past the goofy looks.