SeldomPerched
Well-known member
Apologies if this has been covered already. With threads sometimes reaching a thousand posts it could just be easier to post this as a new question...
When some bins are released or updated (e.g. Leica, when Ultravid was tweaked from HD to HD-Plus; and Carl Zeiss, when the HT-series came along) the manufacturers mention new types of glass. It could historically be an abbreviation like HD or FL or HT or just a manufacturer's name, such as Schott.
So I was wondering whether the NL Pures feature new glass types and technology, and how far we have been allowed into the secret of the way that, judging from users' comments here and in internet videos, the image is apparently much improved on the already cutting-edge formula of the EL SV/FP-series. Jan van Daalen or Gijs van Ginkel or Henry Link, if you are reading this, my guess is that if you don't know nobody else here is much more likely to either!
Also somewhere along the line I read a negative comment to the effect that the NL image appeared oversharpened (as in an overworked digital camera file, I think).
Why I ask is because tomorrow I am trading in some surplus gear, mostly photographic but a couple of larger binos too, and there will possibly be a chance and a temptation to look through an NL Pure. Discipline is needed as the intention is a bit of downsizing not exchange! After spending a couple of hours with an 8.5x42 SV/FP in today's sunny blue sky conditions looking at garden birds, including some fascinating low-level flypasts, I can't believe a clearer view or more detailed plumage observation is possible. So it would be great to hear what to expect in case I am lucky enough to get the chance of a trial.
Also what are the bodywork or other weaknesses to look out for, if any? Loose seams? I appreciate these are almost certainly the exception rather than the rule. Also flare isn't something that has caused me trouble with this brand unless really trying to provoke it.
Tom
When some bins are released or updated (e.g. Leica, when Ultravid was tweaked from HD to HD-Plus; and Carl Zeiss, when the HT-series came along) the manufacturers mention new types of glass. It could historically be an abbreviation like HD or FL or HT or just a manufacturer's name, such as Schott.
So I was wondering whether the NL Pures feature new glass types and technology, and how far we have been allowed into the secret of the way that, judging from users' comments here and in internet videos, the image is apparently much improved on the already cutting-edge formula of the EL SV/FP-series. Jan van Daalen or Gijs van Ginkel or Henry Link, if you are reading this, my guess is that if you don't know nobody else here is much more likely to either!
Also somewhere along the line I read a negative comment to the effect that the NL image appeared oversharpened (as in an overworked digital camera file, I think).
Why I ask is because tomorrow I am trading in some surplus gear, mostly photographic but a couple of larger binos too, and there will possibly be a chance and a temptation to look through an NL Pure. Discipline is needed as the intention is a bit of downsizing not exchange! After spending a couple of hours with an 8.5x42 SV/FP in today's sunny blue sky conditions looking at garden birds, including some fascinating low-level flypasts, I can't believe a clearer view or more detailed plumage observation is possible. So it would be great to hear what to expect in case I am lucky enough to get the chance of a trial.
Also what are the bodywork or other weaknesses to look out for, if any? Loose seams? I appreciate these are almost certainly the exception rather than the rule. Also flare isn't something that has caused me trouble with this brand unless really trying to provoke it.
Tom
