A2GG
Beth
It's only a mid range head though :t:
Sadly non refundable or returns accepted :C
That means your head is reliable and well made and can last a very long time if you take good care of it
It's only a mid range head though :t:
Sadly non refundable or returns accepted :C
This not recommended on health and safety grounds unless you wear a helmet, flak jacket, safety boots and a high-visibility vest.
You have been warned.
Lee
That means your head is reliable and well made and can last a very long time if you take good care of it
I probably shouldn't even be looking at this thread but I do like to see when some-one can get to the bottom descriptively of how this binocular really is and I like those descriptions such as this contribution by JW (and others) that seem to tell the warts and all story.
It's really just idle curiosity on my part concerning this Noctivid but I am an optics fan and lucky to enjoy what I have, in fact my most often used bin outdoors currently is my little Viking Vistron 8x25 which for it's size does most of what I need pretty well. It's not the best optic available by any means but it's the best in terms of portability for my purpose at present.
I do the same; I read threads about binoculars I will never buy and sometimes ones I'm not even interested in just out of curiosity. It's fun to read the different user reviews. I've been reading a lot about the Nocti, but it's a long shot I would ever buy one. I'm satisfied with the binos I have esp my 7x42. I like my little Viper HD 6x32 quite a bit and also the couple of 6x porros I have.
Hello Gilmore Girl,
Keep the purse closed until you think you truly need something rather than just want something. I have not bought a new birding binocular for years.
Happy bird watching,
Arthur Pinewood :hi:
Hello Gilmore Girl,
Keep the purse closed until you think you truly need something rather than just want something. I have not bought a new birding binocular for years.
Happy bird watching,
Arthur Pinewood :hi:
Anyone even know what the Leica marketing team even meant by a more "plastic" view? Is that just something that doesn't translate well from German? 3D I understand--or at least I think I do. I may not perceive a difference, but I get the point. Plastic?
In any event, they are the best full size bins I have owned so far. I like them a lot, but it's still early days.
Well the little cover on the tripod attachment of my Sapphire is a bit plastic but Hawke don't go on about it.
Note to Leica. A view that looks plastic might sound great in Germany but it sounds pretty bad in the English speaking world as in some bins do actually have plastic lenses and bodies etc and it's not a good association.
Glad you are liking these plastic Leicas, so far, or should I say Plastivids.
Oh no, I'm doing it again. Nurse !!!!!!
Hey, I thought we were done with this "plastic" stuff. Now don't you keep thinking of "plastic".
If you look at some of the websites where photographers or painters are discussing the term "Plastizität", you see that it essentially comes down to the following concept: trying to shape or create an image (e.g. a painting on a canvas) so that it does not appear to be on a two-dimensional plane, but in a three-dimensional space. So in the end, we are back in the area of "3D", "depth of field", etc., and Leica marketing just used the additional term "Plastizität" to promote the particular 3D effect of the image seen through a Noctivid (which, alas, my eyes so far have stubbornly refused to acknowledge).
If the angry birds jump at you as in the latest 3D movie from Pixar/Disney, the bins have that extra "plasticity".
Maybe Leica forgot to mention that you need 3D-glasses to enjoy it?
But I don't think that "plastizität/plasticity" should be confused with stereopsis.
It's about more about rendering something so it looks really alive and kicking.
Since it's discussed for camera/lenses as well.
Good rendering of shadows/highlights would be important I suppose
since it's the mix of shadows and highlight that builds the sense of depth/shape in a portrait for example.
The German concept of Bild-Plastik, widely used in the field of optics since many a decade, refers to three-dimensional objects of art created by modeling and/or to the making process thereof. It seems that in English all three dimensional objects of art, or their making, are called sculpture. However, in Germany (as well as The Netherlands) a distinction is made between 'Skulptur / skulptuur' (objects made bij removing material, f.i. carving) and 'Plastik / plastiek' (adding material, f.i. clay).
Note that Wikipedia refers to sculpture as one of the plastic arts.
Renze