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    Leica Noctivid 8x42 design flaws and review - owners please check

    To bring my "vendetta" with the Noctivid to an end... I have compared the Noctivid to my new SLC 8x42 for a week now, plus to EDG 8x42 and UVHD+8x32. 1. Flare. The SLC is probably not most famous for flare control but against a strong sun the Noctivid was generally worse with milky veiling...
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    Leica Noctivid 8x42 design flaws and review - owners please check

    Thanks for all the input, especially to Holger (#87) and Henry (#88), who have really found the answer to my issue. So I'm willing to forget about the brass focuser part (only, what about observing birds on backlit water...) But why this baffle is so reflective only Leica knows - well maybe...
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    Leica Noctivid 8x42 design flaws and review - owners please check

    Without good global contrast, any lens is a paper weight (unless you want that property for artistic reasons...). The standard of my reviews is direct comparison and nothing else. My demands are high, and my vision is very good. You know that I have advocated Leica bins with passion and for a...
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    Leica Noctivid 8x42 design flaws and review - owners please check

    Thanks for all the input, majority is against the brass knob as a cause for veiling glare. So I grabbed my torch and Noctivid again. Please fasten your seatbelts and we will do a dive into the stargate. Ok, it´s only Noctivid flare. Psychedelic enough. Please could someone tell me what is...
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    Leica Noctivid 8x42 design flaws and review - owners please check

    Hi Renze, your rainbows look like the usual crescent/peripheral flares (I have adopted these terms from this forum). The Nocti is indeed very effective in reducing these, quite unlike say a Swarovision 8x32. The Ultravids suffer from these flares, but manage to keep the center pretty clean most...
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    Leica Noctivid 8x42 design flaws and review - owners please check

    Edmund, I think you are quite right about almost everything. It surely is glare but probably the brass knob is not the main thing. Regarding lenses, I have a very serious professional deformation, no doubt about it, but it serves me well in my profession and I have learned to trust my eyes only...
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    Leica Noctivid 8x42 design flaws and review - owners please check

    Brillant Leica head of lens design Peter Karbe had 16 years of thought about the perfect 50mm and when Leica finally produced it it was initially spoilt by a flare issue. https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/285811-50mm-apo-summicron-is-flare-problem-resolved-after-service/ Of course it was...
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    Leica Noctivid 8x42 design flaws and review - owners please check

    The Noctivid is deceptive. It has basically no crescent/peripheral flares that for example plague a Swarovision 8x32 and turn up in most binoculars. In so far, exceptional flare performance. But it does not manage to keep the center free from milky veiling glare like an EDG or even many...
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    Leica Noctivid 8x42 design flaws and review - owners please check

    Mike, I don´t see this knob is baffled at all, in backlit observation the sun at an angle can easily fully hit it. Otherwise it would not be so easy to photograph it...
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    Leica Noctivid 8x42 design flaws and review - owners please check

    Thanks to both of you! Once I have a bit more time, I will make a complaint. If everything fails at Leica, I will have this thing blackened. I'm sure it is a very bad thing.
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    Leica Noctivid 8x42 design flaws and review - owners please check

    I have owned the Noctivid over a year now in which I have mostly used the Nikon EDG instead. The name seems program - the Noctivid is great in low or subdued light, but probably much more due to a strongly boosted contrast by skewing the transmission curve than due to more transmissive glass...
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