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    7x42: evaluating UVHD+ definition against Abbe-König Zeisses

    Interesting what you say about what you and your brother separately see. I will admit that some issues I have when making comparisons I really have to blame my eyes for, not the instruments I am looking through. Looking yesterday or the day before I did quickly compare the AKs against the Leica...
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    7x42: evaluating UVHD+ definition against Abbe-König Zeisses

    CharleyBird, as I said to Mike in answer to his post I am coming to appreciate the UVHD+ more and more in real-life (as opposed to comparative amateur testing) use. It gives such an easy view. I also absolutely love the FL view: the Zeiss edge astigmatism doesn't bother me when looking at...
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    7x42: evaluating UVHD+ definition against Abbe-König Zeisses

    Thank you, Mike. That is very helpful and makes sense to me. Also it is nice to know others are able to love both. I do too but must resist the comparison lark as it is easy to turn it into a 'second place is first of the losers' game! If really fussy I'd say I'm starting to notice that for...
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    7x42: evaluating UVHD+ definition against Abbe-König Zeisses

    Thank you for this, Arthur. Much appreciated. For a time I used a Contax with (Japanese-manufactured) Zeiss glass in the 1990s and it had a noticeably different look from Leitz/Leica: both were superb but I often preferred the ZC look. Not saying it was better, just different, and you could...
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    7x42: evaluating UVHD+ definition against Abbe-König Zeisses

    Dennis, Thank you for sourcing these comments. If you have time, would you send me the Cloudy Nights link to the words you quote; I'd like to follow the conversation up. Interestingly I had an e-mail yesterday from a respected L and Z fan saying that AK glass lay between SP and porro prisms...
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    7x42: evaluating UVHD+ definition against Abbe-König Zeisses

    Utmost heresy about to be uttered but this is a serious question. I am a great Leica fan (appreciator would be a better description) and every time I look through the 7x42 UVHD+ it is a very special view - easy, relaxed, colourful and very three-dimensional. Also contrasty but see below for...
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