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These are the type of glass used for the prisms. BK7 is borosilicate and BAK4 is barium crown. Generally BAK4 is more expensive and considered better because it provides sharper and brighter images than BK7. BAK4 also produces a perfectly round exit pupil, whereas BK7 typically has some distortion around the outer edges.
