When I purchsed my last pair of binos I tried every good brand I could lay hands on. I narrowed it down to Zeiss, Leica, and Swarovski.

I stacked them and started comparing clarity. The Zeiss got elimanated.

I then placed the Swarovski and Leica on top of each other sand switched back and forth between the two. I then swapped their positions and moved back and forth between the two.

The Leica were SLIGHTLY better in clarity when I was looking into dark shadows. Also they were slightly better at picking out objects while looking through bushes.

Just remember... We are talking MINUTE differences here.

Both are very good binos.

In my opinion, in that particular lighting, at that time, the Leica was the better of the two binos.