Legendary binoculars - Swarovski Habicht 8x30 - Summary

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Legendary binoculars - Swarovski Habicht 8x30

24 August 2026

Arkadiusz Olech

8. Summary

Nowadays Swarovski Optik is one of few companies that try to be true to their roots. They still offer high quality Porro prism binoculars. Apart from the Habicht 8x30W, described in this article, you can also buy the variants of the 7x42 and the 10x40W. Both are offered in leather and rubber armour and for all these binoculars the producers declare transmission of 96%, a value practically unattainable for the majority of competitors.

Legendary binoculars - Swarovski Habicht 8x30 - Summary

I am fully aware of the fact that lately the processing capacities of Swarovski were engaged elsewhere – designing and launching the very well-put-together NL Pure instruments, with objective diameters of 32, 42, and 52 mm, able to offer in practically every class sensational fields of view and excellent optical properties. Offering image-stabilized Balance line spotting scopes was another important step.

However, I still hope that Swarovski Optik haven't said their last word when it comes to Porro binoculars. I admit I dream of a brand new optical construction based on prisms of this type that would profit from the newest technological achievements in glass production. Such a pair of binoculars, like the NL Pure series, would be able to provide wide, excellently corrected field of view and impress with transmission on a level of 95% and perfect white balance. I don't think any other renowned producers will show such a pair of binoculars any time soon. They have been turning into rigid corporations that are unable to break away from established patterns. I do hope that Swarovski Optik, a family-run business, will be bold enough to try such an original idea. I keep my fingers crossed.

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