CloseFocus
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"Although I feel Leica 8x32 BN's are fine binoculars and I had them for years once I started comparing them with the newer stuff I realized they were second tier binoculars. There are alot of better birding binoculars out there now."
I don't know about the term "second tier," and newer doesn't always mean better. The proliferation of ED glass makes me wonder if there isn't a factory somewhere in China churning out the stuff. You can split hairs over that last 5% of brightness or contrast, but the Trinovids have proven that they can hold up year after year, and an inexpensive used Trinovid is still more value for the money than any of the new, overpriced "first tier" binoculars. And that issue, after all, is what started this thread.
I don't know about the term "second tier," and newer doesn't always mean better. The proliferation of ED glass makes me wonder if there isn't a factory somewhere in China churning out the stuff. You can split hairs over that last 5% of brightness or contrast, but the Trinovids have proven that they can hold up year after year, and an inexpensive used Trinovid is still more value for the money than any of the new, overpriced "first tier" binoculars. And that issue, after all, is what started this thread.