The 'Swaro News' and my Leica NV bins has me thinking about the state of the art ALPHA binoculars. I own a pair of Leica NV and have viewed, briefly, through a pair of Swarovski NL Pure as well. What I haven't seen are a pair of Zeiss SF bins.
Regarding the top-end Alpha bins:
So in summary, saying you had an ALPHA budget for new bins, what would you choose as well as why. While I'm thinking primarily of comparing 8x42 bins, I'm also open to suggestions of other options like 8x32 or 8x56 versions realizing these have a significant difference in ergonomics and some issues with light gathering for use at dawn or dusk and in unfavorable lighting conditions like overcast or otherwise dark skies.
In my specific case, I'm debating what to do with my Leica NV bins. Do I keep them? Do I trade my 8x42's for some 10x42's or 12x50's? On the flip side, I need to be really picky to fault them for something like an eye-box that is a little hard for me to find consistently with my eyeglasses or the fact that they are deceptively heavy for such a trim package in 'big' bins.
TIA,
Sid
Regarding the top-end Alpha bins:
- What is the same among them?
- What is better than its peers?
- Which suffer from some deficiency relative to its peers?
So in summary, saying you had an ALPHA budget for new bins, what would you choose as well as why. While I'm thinking primarily of comparing 8x42 bins, I'm also open to suggestions of other options like 8x32 or 8x56 versions realizing these have a significant difference in ergonomics and some issues with light gathering for use at dawn or dusk and in unfavorable lighting conditions like overcast or otherwise dark skies.
In my specific case, I'm debating what to do with my Leica NV bins. Do I keep them? Do I trade my 8x42's for some 10x42's or 12x50's? On the flip side, I need to be really picky to fault them for something like an eye-box that is a little hard for me to find consistently with my eyeglasses or the fact that they are deceptively heavy for such a trim package in 'big' bins.
TIA,
Sid