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  1. Robert Moore

    8x42 NL image circle

    In the center of the image I can’t really see any at all and I have been trying. When looking at black print and racking the focus back and forth past and near fast the print stays black which is a good test I do. On binoculars that have even a little CA the black print will look a little blue...
  2. Robert Moore

    8x42 NL image circle

    I actually think the SFL at least in 8 x is better for CA than the ultravid.
  3. Robert Moore

    8x42 NL image circle

    Paul, i just can never get that razor sharpness that I like with all the ultravid’s I have had. The Noctivid was sharp but had more CA than I like. ( 10x ) version. The 8 was a lot better but I never owned it. My eyes like Zeiss and Swarovski seems like the best. I really value extreme...
  4. Robert Moore

    8x42 NL image circle

    It’s possible that has something to do with it. My eyes seam to like Swarovski and Zeiss the best. I have been trying a lot of different Leica ultravid binoculars and they just don’t do it for me like the Zeiss and Swarovski. I do like the Noctivid though.
  5. Robert Moore

    8x42 NL image circle

    Even when focusing on something close I don’t get the overlapping shadow I get in my other binoculars
  6. Robert Moore

    8x42 NL image circle

    I guess I should re phrase. I see one circle with the other binoculars but it is not perfectly illuminated to meld the two images together in such a way that it’s like your looking with just your eyes. I wear glasses so I don’t get this with any of my other binoculars in a way I do with the NL.
  7. Robert Moore

    8x42 NL image circle

    Oh well. Maybe they just work for me better than all my other binoculars.
  8. Robert Moore

    8x42 NL image circle

    No. I have been using binoculars everyday for years and it’s not IPD. I am talking about something really subtle here. I can see one circle in the other binoculars but there is something different about the NL and It’s hard for me to explain what I am talking about.
  9. Robert Moore

    8x42 NL image circle

    I have noticed when looking through my NL I get a beautiful view without any hint that I am looking through two separate barrels. Just one perfect image circle with no signs of the left and right overlapping. Through all of my other binoculars I don’t get this perfectly illuminated image circle...
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