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    Troubador

    Is it a bird, is it a plane? Quick I must get on the bird! Oh, it’s Troubador! That’s a rare sighting indeed!
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    Focus to infinity for short-sighted users

    Does Leica do the adjusment as a service request these days? I know an independent repair guy who sais he could do it - sadly Brexit happened
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    Noctivid overdrive past infinity

    Same problem here. It seems this can easily be adjusted for Ultravid, but I don’t think Leica themselves do it
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    Leica Ultravid 8x20, Nikon 8x30 E II or 8x30 Habicht?

    I could probably print you one if rigid plastic is good enuff
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    Leica Ultravid 8x20 dissection (The beauty)

    I have both the Trinovid 8x20 and the VP 8x25. Both do something the UV cannot, they correct for my myopic eyes so I can view without glasses. I prefer the Trinovid, which I always carry with me, nice color, relaxed view, and tiny. The VP is in a different class, incredibly sharp, more...
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    Review of 8x25 Victory Pocket

    I’ve given up on my Zeiss VP 8x25 I got a Leica Trinovid 8x20, and find it ticks all the boxes for pocketable casual daytime viewing: The Leica wins on ergos. LEICA: Truly pocketable. So light I don’t even notice it’s in the sidepocket of my painting bag. Heavily armored. Diopter can be set...
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    Counterpart of Swaro Habicht 8x30W but no porro?

    The moral of the story is MIC is usually 2x better value than big-brand MIC. A low end Apple phone is an SE.
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    Counterpart of Swaro Habicht 8x30W but no porro?

    If you buy something that is from a chinese brand, the money the manufacturer gets is spent on making the product and on QC. If the company has issues they produce cheaper, or fire some staff or cut some products or close shop. The people who sell and the people who make are basically...
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    Pocket binoculars that fit in your pocket!

    Yes, the VP25 optics better in a classic design is my impression. When they upgraded the optics from 20 to 25mm they botched the physical design. As a result, the diopter knob rubs and is exposed and the whole binocular folds insufficiently for carrying. The diopter adjustment is totally a joke...
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    Pocket binoculars that fit in your pocket!

    The diopter knob needs to be protected. Did you notice how incredibly sharp they are?
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    Travelling with expensive binoculars

    At my local shop, they sell Nikon Monarch series for something like $200; they are pretty good and extremely tough; I don’t see why people who go backpacking for nature trips don’t simply get some of these. My bino shop tells me they are the products which never come back with failures due to...
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    Asking for advice on pocket binocular

    Yes, comparing, and buying the sample you looked through is a good idea. Also tends to keep bino shops in business Edmund
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    Pocket binoculars that fit in your pocket!

    The advantage of the Trinovid is the separate ocular adjustment which allows me to use them without glasses. I accept that the UV and the Curio are optically superior. I recommend them, a solid unfussy design well armored and cheap enough so one is not afraid to use it - I own a Zeiss VP 8x25...
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    10x low light binoculars for around €1000 ?

    I’ve been there - when there is a marked scale in objective diameters, in low light one binocular sees, the other goes blind. Edmund
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    10x low light binoculars for around €1000 ?

    Nikon have a bunch of easy to get value instruments. Habicht are the best transmission x42 but a cheap 50 will still probably be in the same league as a very good 42 on light gathering alone. That’s like comparing a truck to a van. DO A TEST.
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    Why don’t binocular makers make accomodations for shortsighted users?

    Yes, more nearsighted people => more extremely nearsighted people. When I was a kid 5 diopters was rare, now it is pretty usual. Except the bino makers haven’t noticed. Edmund
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    10x low light binoculars for around €1000 ?

    There are some huge x50 Nikon Porros in my local shop that cost about 150 clams. At that price, you could just get them as a special purpose buy, and see if the magnification is really what you want. The added advantage is a 3D effect from the objective separation. My own experience testing...
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    Why don’t binocular makers make accomodations for shortsighted users?

    I prefer a $200 view without glasses to a $2000 with glasses. The niche argument is fallacious - as is well known, the population has been getting steadily more myopic over the past 100 years, especially now with phone use. You may not be using a smartphone much yourself, but I have seen many...
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    10x low light binoculars for around €1000 ?

    Go straight to 10x50. Actually, people tend to sell them used on the net these days, so you can get nice ones used. Edmund
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    Why don’t binocular makers make accomodations for shortsighted users?

    Yes, it is apparently easy to do, but I don’t know how one convinces Leica and Swaro to do it. It shouldn’t be necessary anyway, this should be a standard feature. Edmund
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    Why don’t binocular makers make accomodations for shortsighted users?

    In the developed world, myopia is common. Why do most companies not allow binoculars to focus well past “normal” infinity in order to allow people with myopia to use them without glasses? I have fun testing binoculars in shops, and at least half don’t accomodate my vision without glasses. Edmund
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    Trinovid 8x20. Tiny and timeless, the classic lives.

    I took my 8x20 to fnac and tested it against what they had. My take is that in global performance*usability*carryability (that’s a volume) it wins against all the consumer stuff up to and including the Trinovid HD 8x32 which to me comes across as an atrociously heavy and bulky overpriced clone...
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    Looking for some pocket binos I'm curious about the curios.

    Hey Kids, Play nice please … no hitting, no scratching. May I suggest you take out your anger on the binos or on the vendors, but not on other forum members? Edmund
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    Trinovid 8x20. Tiny and timeless, the classic lives.

    Well, by some fluke I got the leather case for the tiny Trinovid today. It seems tailored for the 10x and possibly the UV as well, if I ever acquire one of those. Edmund
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    Trinovid 8x20. Tiny and timeless, the classic lives.

    I hear there are some swiss suppliers of precision scales who do a special line for binocular weighing :)
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