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Where is the Leica Ultravid 8x50 HD-Plus?
My best guess is that the appeal of the 8x50 is to large degree due to very subjective factors. The specs alone certainly don‘t explain why everything in this bino „just feels right“ to me, even more right than in the 7x42 or the 10x50. So I fully understand why people are confused. The only... -
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Where is the Leica Ultravid 8x50 HD-Plus?
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Where is the Leica Ultravid 8x50 HD-Plus?
Hi John, thanks for your post and table. Another quantifiable difference in addition to the ones you mention (the weight difference is indeed substantial) would of course be size - see pic. Interestingly, the difference in FOV does not strike me as enormous when I compare side-by-side... -
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Where is the Leica Ultravid 8x50 HD-Plus?
I haven't actually tested the HT against the UV side-by-side (I did test the HT against the Steiner Nighthunter (2016 model), see https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/636781-the-brightest-premium-binoculars-in-the-world-vs-steiner-nighthunter-8x56-2016/ 20 years ago, I might have responded that... -
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Where is the Leica Ultravid 8x50 HD-Plus?
Andreas (post # 9), you are right about the Octarem, 7.4 degrees or 130/1000m. Canip -
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Where is the Leica Ultravid 8x50 HD-Plus?
Thank you all ! I like this very nice, slightly nostalgic thread, and you all have covered in your posts almost everything that could come to my mind. Therefore perhaps just a few additional thoughts: - I am a fan of large exit pupils, and so the 8x50 format has intrigued me forever. For me...