brocknroller
porromaniac
Brock:
I want to offer another opinion that seems to agree with yours.
Leica should also think about offering another price-point just as Swaro.
and Zeiss do.
I like choices, and many here, have optics of all kinds from top to
mid and lower levels.
How about a nice econo. Trinovid BL, with slim body, and with great
optics. It would be a big seller, offered in 2 sizes, 8x32, and 8x42.
And another thought is the 7x35, as many here do mention as a great all around.
This would be a temptation for many, if priced right.
I am not a big Leica fan, but they do need to hear from those who would buy one.
Jerry
Jerry,
Despite the protestations by the president and vice president of the Alpha Defense League in the posts below yours and the bogus notion that only alpha owners are calling out correct IDs in the field, I'm with you on the updated Trinnies. In fact, I made this suggestion earlier here or on another thread.
Even Dennis who likes to own "the best" admitted that his tour guide had an older bin and didn't have any trouble IDing the birds since having the "best" optics is less important than the experience, dedication, and talent of the birder. I also saw this first hand at the last bird count I attended where the birder making the most IDs had a $200 Pentax 8x36 NV! The two birders who had alphas (EL and SLC) were way behind him.
People who believe that owning bins that give them a few percentage points or fraction of percentage points better performance is going to make them a better birder have bought into the alpha mystique myth, and that's the "clientele" that was talked about earlier who will chase the "latest and greatest" at any price, rationalizing their purchases by citing people spending thousands in TV subscriptions and double non-fat lattes.
It's not necessary to rationalize one's purchases. If they got the dough and they want to spend $2,500 or more on roofs with what they deem to be "significant improvements" that's their prerogative. They earned the money, they should spend it anyway they wish.
Unfortunately, it's this willingness to pay whatever it cost to eek out a bit better performance at the top that will probably cause Leica go in that direction rather than making a "Volksbinokel" like Zeiss and Swaro.
Making an updated Trinny, which if done well and priced right, I think would be enormously popular; however, the ADL would see it as a step backwards even if Leica updated them with the latest coatings, because they would rationalize that an updated Trinny would not help them make that critical ID that the "latest and greatest" could. Or they would not have the satisfaction of owning "the best".
Fine, let them have their cake and eat it too, but let's also make an effort to tell the top optics companies that the rest of the bozons on the bus would like to have a slice too and at a price that doesn't put a hole in our pockets.
Until which time I find an "unofficial" alpha that fits my needs and budget, I'll stick with my premium porros and un double au lait demi écrémé.
Brock
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