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Leica Duovid - Still competitive ? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Ingle1970
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I agree! Now tell us how they can do it without increasing it's already very high price.
Bob
Ingle1970
Well-known member
I agree! Now tell us how they can do it without increasing it's already very high price.
Bob
Bob
Well now they have started to give cheaper Accessories with some of their binoculars and the closing of milton-keynes service dept, they will have a few Euro's to play with.
Maybe they are planning to move production to China, who knows ?.
To get back to your point though Bob i think you may be right and perhaps its unviable to have a Duovid HD, when you have to pay an arm and a leg for its now dated optics, just how much would it cost to produce the Duovid HD ?.
Maybe they will discontinue it anyway if they are costcutting, which they seem to be doing....
edwincjones
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I would expect Leica to discontinue the Duovid-I like mine but I doubt sales can support an upgrade.
edj
edj
edwincjones
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AstroMart has an 8+12x42 now for $1550 if anyone is interested.
no connection to me,
edj
no connection to me,
edj
Agent47
Optics Addict
The price is prohibitive on the Duovid, and when the view won't be quite as good as the fixed models it's very understandable why they didn't update it yet, and maybe won't. It's currently a model with several compromises. (weight, price, field of view, ect.) Don't get me wrong, I start to drool when someone says the word "Duovid", but it's not one I'll be buying anytime soon. Make it better, and take back the past two years huge price increases and I'll think about it.
edwincjones
Well-known member
I would rate the optics of my duovid 10+15x50
as close, or equal, to my SW 8.5x42 EL (not SV)
but the EL wins on ergonomics and less weight
edj
as close, or equal, to my SW 8.5x42 EL (not SV)
but the EL wins on ergonomics and less weight
edj
I love the concept of having an 8 and a 12 in one. Sometimes I carry an 8x32 and a 12x45 but both are Zeiss. Together they probably weigh about the same as the Duovid. I too would like a pair of these of I win the lottery. right now though the bin that has my attention from Leica is the 12x50, got some time with it thanks to the guys at Cameraland and it really is nice.
Very nice indeed...
Birdbrain
"Birders do it in the Field"
Just like to add, my bins are back:t: and they are new! No i think that they are! or where my bins not well for longer than i thought? (or my eyes) i am over the moon with them :smoke:
Thanks Leica
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