Swarovski 8X30 CL Companion

The Swarovski 8x30 SLC is pure Austrian simplicity. Its lines are clean and simple and as far away from its cousin, the fancy EL, as possible. But optically they are incredibly close to the ELs. I've tested both. The ELs focusing is much smoother...

I'm no pro but I do own a bunch of quality optics. I have quite a few pro Nikkor lenses and telescope optics. I can't go on and on about how swarovski compares to other brands of higher or lesser quality, blah blah blah.... None of that matters...