Robert L Jarvis
Robert L Jarvis
On the point of cost, did anyone notice how much the new Swaro ELs were, about £1500/£1600 rrp. So that may help put a bit of perspective on the Lieca cost.
On the point of cost, did anyone notice how much the new Swaro ELs were, about £1500/£1600 rrp. So that may help put a bit of perspective on the Lieca cost.
I wonder who'll be the first to introduce image stabilisation/vibration reduction to a scope? For an extra £1000 is it unreasonable to expect a bit more innovation. Being able to view a rock steady image would be more significant step forward than a marginal increase in optical performance.
The APOs are the top model so the HDs should be less expensive.
On the subject of durability (recoating), I have had my Kowa TSN4 for over 15 years or since they came out which ever is the earlier and nothing has had to be done to it to keep it in prime operating condition.
I Its obviously not that anyone think that its a bad thing for Leica to make a lovely new scope the unfair thing seems to be stopping producing the components to allow people to replace either body or eyepiece on their current system, my friend with the eyepiece being particularly worried because if it cannot be repaired he has a useless Scope body as he now cannot buy a new eyepiece that fits it.
I would welcome Jeffs comments
Canon ditched the FD mount for the EF (EOS) and we all got over that in time!
thanks for the comments Jeff.
I suppose my real beef can be summed up that if you bought a car 7 years ago loved it but when a piece wore out you were then told that there were no more essential components and you had to scrap the whole thing you would be upset.
Thorin
Jeff
Good arguments but it still all comes down to value for money and how each individual assesses that factor.
One gripe with eyepiece incompatibility is that the existing ones are discontinued and now rare, the zoom for existing Leica in UK is very hard to get hold, so if you wanted to add to your existing you can't (not that I personally would buy the zoom).
Even with all my concerns may still end up staying with Leica. I upgraded my bins from Trinovid to Ultravid HD, real difference in the field. If the scopes are the same improvement, maybe! I'm sure that I'm not alone in not liking zoom eyepieces and having to (or more to the point being forced to) buy one grates.
Phil
One gripe with eyepiece incompatibility is that the existing ones are discontinued and now rare, the zoom for existing Leica in UK is very hard to get hold, so if you wanted to add to your existing you can't (not that I personally would buy the zoom).