Well, when you pay 2-3K euros for a single binocular, this hinge becomes immediately a fact of the General Staff!
While if you pay less than 500 euros, you can do it yourself ...
Oskar Barnack created the machine and the format Leica 24x36 ... 35mm is only the format film for cinema, in 24x18 frames.
No, I didn't know and it makes me shiver. Are you sure?
I own glass from the big three. At the premium level SF, EL, UV. etc. it comes down to ergonomic preference. I have the Noctivid and as David (Typo) pointed out in another post one can adjust to the ergos. After more use with the glass, I have found it a pleasurable glass to use, quite pleasant actually. so to say..
„the Leica offerings are not competitive with Swarovski Zeiss or Nikon, possibly even Meopta“ is purely subjective.
I know what I like, who cares what Tom Dick or Harry think.
Andy W.
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Of course it’s unknowable who first thought of using 35 mm motion picture stock in this manner, and then took an image using either a modified or prototype camera
And while we do know that Barnack built his first 24x36 mm prototype in around 1913 - commercial production did not commence until 1925 with the Leica I Model A
In contrast, as early as 1913 or 1914, Simplex of New York marketed a camera taking 24x36 images on 35 mm stock
And another early commercial offering was the Furet by E. Guerin & Cie of Paris which dates from around 1923
(e.g. see pages 210 to 214 of the book Camera by Todd Gustavson, Sterling Innovation New York 2009)
One of Barnack’s great accomplishments was to popularise the format
Maybe now I understand the flaw. Not the hinge hinges, but the hinge supports on the pipes were loose.The hinges weren't loose like one should imagine.
When you took both tubes in both hands there was a free play/friction in the hinge. The hinge itself, holding the tubes at its place, was stiff. There was only free play in the hinge. Not so bad that you could look straight forward with one tube and around the corner with the other one.......
:t::t:Maybe now I understand the flaw. Not the hinge hinges, but the hinge supports on the pipes were loose.
If so, I agree that professional technical intervention was needed.
Hi Mike, where are the official documents? (post link if you can)Rico, you can read more about it here:-
https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=331376
https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=315993
Hi Mike, where are the official documents?
Yes! Do not they exist at Leica?You mean from Leica? In which they say that one of their products is actually manufactured in Japan and only assembled in Portugal or Germany?
Yes! Do not they exist at Leica?
Seems to me, Zeiss admit it! Gijs also confirms this.
That you were not impressed with the Noctivid and prefer the Victory 8x25 over the UVHD 8x32 is absolutely understandable.
But let me remind you of what you wrote that caught my attention:
„the Leica offerings are not competitive with Swarovski Zeiss or Nikon, possibly even Meopta“
I still find that a very interesting statement ....
Questo l'ho visto anch'io. Molto buoni i "vecchi" Trinovid.The older Trinovid is however extremely similar to the Ultravid, both in design and quality of view.
I have a Leica 8x42 Ultravid Blackline. It says right on it that it is made in Portugal. It is a very good binocular. It was introduced by Leica in 2003. It is a strikingly handsome binocular in an understated way and if you were wearing a Tuxedo at a fancy outdoor party it would fit right in as an appropriate accessory!:king:
Well, let's turn that around. What Leica alpha class binocular do you consider competitive with the Swarovski EL SV or Zeiss SF? Or is it my throwaway mention of Meopta that irks you? I'll admit my experience with them is mostly with their spotting scopes, not their binoculars.
Well, let's turn that around. What Leica alpha class binocular do you consider competitive with the Swarovski EL SV or Zeiss SF?