RE: Zeiss
I have owned several of each-leupold,ziess and swarovski.I have had no failures with any of them but I have no doubt that the ziess and swarovski' s are brighter at the first and last few minutes of legal hunting.Since that is when I tend to find the biggest bucks,I want every advantage that I can get at a reasonable price.If a brighter scope gets me one more trophy in my career it will have been worth it.I have hesitated and lost an opportunity or two in the past because I was not totally confident due to light conditions (it was during legal hunting hours)and I am hoping that the bit of extra light transmission that the swarovski' s give me prevents this from happening again.