tenex
reality-based
I've just examined the HD and HD Plus models of the Ultravid 8x32, and encountered two issues.
1. Eyecups: These still only extend about 8mm with 2 click stops which seems barely adequate for me, and requires care to avoid blackouts; I can barely let them rest against my brow. (Larger models of HD+ and Trinovid have 4 stops, and my older Trinovid BN with similar eye relief extends 10mm.) Is this a common problem among people like me who don't wear eyeglasses, and why would Leica continue to get such a simple thing wrong? (This is not a complaint about eye relief, but the cups.)
2. Focus knob: Both examples I used make strange clicking sounds at some point in their focus travel (one worse than the other) which can be felt as well as heard, and persist even after a good deal of use. One hardly expects this on a $2k binocular; is there a solution?
1. Eyecups: These still only extend about 8mm with 2 click stops which seems barely adequate for me, and requires care to avoid blackouts; I can barely let them rest against my brow. (Larger models of HD+ and Trinovid have 4 stops, and my older Trinovid BN with similar eye relief extends 10mm.) Is this a common problem among people like me who don't wear eyeglasses, and why would Leica continue to get such a simple thing wrong? (This is not a complaint about eye relief, but the cups.)
2. Focus knob: Both examples I used make strange clicking sounds at some point in their focus travel (one worse than the other) which can be felt as well as heard, and persist even after a good deal of use. One hardly expects this on a $2k binocular; is there a solution?
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