I was lucky enough to be invited to the dealer launch of the new EL binoculars. They have totaly changed them with a new body made out of magnesium and new lenses. This has bought down the weight slightly compared to the old style EL's.
Also changed is the focusing system with a bigger diopter range and focusing down to 1.5 metres. Taking them out to try i found that there was a slight improvment with the new lenses making it slightly brighter than the old type, and focusing on quick moving objects was easier. The price of these is around £1600 retail so a fair whack of money for a set of bins.