deye243 wrote:TassieTiger wrote:deye243 wrote:TassieTiger wrote:deye243 wrote:I highly doubt a vx2 would be any where near a Swarovski
Care to elaborate ?
TT You said it was a vx2 as in a 4-12 but the article says 3.5-10 which is a vx3 so I'm lost a bit ........ now I have seen through a z3 and no way a vx2 will be as good as a vx2
I’m confused as well now - “no way a vx2 will be as good as a vx2”??
For clarification -The article refers to a vx3 vs a Z3.
I said from memory the article said... - and my memory ain’t what it used to be...so I dug through 50 mags and dug out the article - cause I wanted to clarify. I thought you might have had some real world experience with Your comment re “I doubt a vx2 would be anywhere near a swarkovski” well...what swarkovski? Or did you mean any swarkovski?
My understanding is that the diff between vx2 and Vx3 is a 1% increase in light gathering ability, custom turret selection, more reticle choice and more robust internals. So not really a huge visual difference in real world light at least.
I’ve looked through some top end swarks including z8I and various z5’s and they are good, very good - but I’m not convinced they are triple the $$$ better...?? I haven’t looked in a Z3 as yet. It seems to me that swarkovski is known as a premium European brand name and whilst you’ll get a fantastic product, you’ll also pay a lot for that name on the side?
Don't get sucked in to the light gathering ability thing there is a hole lot of more important things like contrast depth of field and chromatic aberration and over the years I have had about 6 vx2 and 9 vx3 and the 3 win hands down but then again most of my scope work is at night and a NF NXS leaves them all for dead day or night
This is where I get confused....I currently have a vx2 and a vx 3 and if I put them on 7- 18 mag so they are comparable - I along with various friend - shooters and non shooters - cannot split them optically - so when you say the vx3 wins hands down, what is it that stands out ?