New Review of Ultravid HDs (1 Viewer)

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henry link

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• Jul 29, 2008

• #1

Jan Meijerink has just posted a review of the Leica Ultravid HDs here:

http://www.tvwg.nl/

Scroll down the menu on the left to "Testrapporten".

 

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DHB

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• Jul 29, 2008

• #2

Great if you understand German......

 

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fugl

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• Jul 29, 2008

• #3

DHB said:

Great if you understand German......

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And even better if you understand Dutch.

 

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SUPPRESSOR

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• Jul 29, 2008

• #4

You can read it in English.It boils down to, they are a slight inprovement on the proceeding model,but not alot. Makes you realise what good value the Zeiss fls are.!!
fiddler.

 

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Tvc15_2000

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• Jul 30, 2008

• #5

Try this translation

http://translate.google.com/transla...ica_ultravid-hd.htm&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=nl&tl=en

 

Robert / Seattle

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• Jul 30, 2008

• #6

Tvc15_2000 said:

Try this translation

http://translate.google.com/transla...ica_ultravid-hd.htm&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=nl&tl=en

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Excerpts in blue:

The latter, for birdwatchers several major renewal in kijkergebied, took place in 1989 by Leica Trinovid when the series was largely replaced by a new design.

Like the previous series, the HD viewers mechanically very well built. In vriestest exhibit the interior condensing hardly instruments and all moving parts are still working at -20 ° C.

The light is somewhat larger than during selected viewers of Swarovski, but still slightly lower than the Zeiss FL viewers.


Reads like a Monte Python sketch.

Quite amusing.

Thanks, Ted ... Needed a good chuckle.

 

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ThoLa

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• Jul 30, 2008

• #7

Robert / Seattle said:

Excerpts in blue:
Reads like a Monte Python sketch.

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Fortunately machines cannot yet replace humans in every respect, and at least not in distinctly human capacities such as language!

Summed up very briefly the report says that the Ultravid HD models are an improvement over the Ultravids, albeit a relatively slight one rather than a revolutionary leap.
This is what we had come to expect from the retention of the name and external design anyway, didn't we?

All in all, in case of decision-making for an HD over a non-HD, what I have read here and elsewhere seems to necessitate a direct eye by eye comparision of the two versions.

Tom

 

joannec

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• Jul 30, 2008

• #8

Robert / Seattle said:

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Reads like a Monte Python sketch.

Quite amusing.

Thanks, Ted ... Needed a good chuckle.

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ThoLa said:

Fortunately machines cannot yet replace humans in every respect, and at least not in distinctly human capacities such as language!


Tom

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Looks like you won't be out of a job just yet, Tom.

 

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ThoLa

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• Jul 30, 2008

• #9

joannechattaway said:

Looks like you won't be out of a job just yet, Tom.

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Not yet. But my fuel cell (1st generation prototype) has recently begun to leak. So I am not sure how much longer I'll be around.
Maybe they will have an HD version soon that's going to replace me.

Low Tech Tom

 

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Jaegermeister

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• Aug 7, 2008

• #10

FIDDLER said:

You can read it in English.It boils down to, they are a slight inprovement on the proceeding model,but not alot. Makes you realise what good value the Zeiss fls are.!!
fiddler.

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Not if you live in NZ! The Zeiss ones are over $1000 more than the Leica equivalents!