I'm pretty much a novice with bino's so don't beat me up too bad. Ive done a ton of reading and have narrowed down what I like and dont like. It's getting about time for me to get a good pair of bins and am wondering how much difference there really is between Ultravids, UVHD's, and 1st Gen EL's?
I have friends that have 8.5 x42 and 10x42 1st gen EL's and have looked through them enough to form an opinion of them. I love the optics on them, but think they are a bit heavy and bulky for carrying them around for long periods of time. I have a cheap pair of Brunton's that are just about identical in size and weight to the EL's and have carried them around to determine that I may prefer something a little more compact and lighter than them. I have looked through 10 x 32 EL's and am a bit underwhelmed with the 32's.
I have done a side by side comparison with the UVHD's and the Swarovisions, and felt the Leicas were very sharp but didn't have quite the contrasty "pop" that the Swaro's did. I'm also a little unsure what I think about the flat view. When looking through 10x42 SV's it seemed to me that the foreground and the background looked a little like someone smashed them together, like there was less depth than I was accustomed to seeing. I don't notice that with the 1st Gen EL's or the SLC's I demoed.
I have been seeing some good buys on non HD Ultravids and am wondering if the difference is very noticeable or are we just splitting hairs?
I have friends that have 8.5 x42 and 10x42 1st gen EL's and have looked through them enough to form an opinion of them. I love the optics on them, but think they are a bit heavy and bulky for carrying them around for long periods of time. I have a cheap pair of Brunton's that are just about identical in size and weight to the EL's and have carried them around to determine that I may prefer something a little more compact and lighter than them. I have looked through 10 x 32 EL's and am a bit underwhelmed with the 32's.
I have done a side by side comparison with the UVHD's and the Swarovisions, and felt the Leicas were very sharp but didn't have quite the contrasty "pop" that the Swaro's did. I'm also a little unsure what I think about the flat view. When looking through 10x42 SV's it seemed to me that the foreground and the background looked a little like someone smashed them together, like there was less depth than I was accustomed to seeing. I don't notice that with the 1st Gen EL's or the SLC's I demoed.
I have been seeing some good buys on non HD Ultravids and am wondering if the difference is very noticeable or are we just splitting hairs?
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