I'm already in my mid 60s....so I'm not holding my breath....but if they don't cash in on my generation they might as well scrap the idea all together....or include a hermetically sealed case so we can take them with us....
I'm one of those guys, splash proof is plenty good for me in the dry western climate I live in. If it looks like rain, I'll "sacrifice" and bring my Ultravids instead. I can't wait for the new (retro) Trinovids.
The specs say splash proof and nitrogen filled. If they weren’t sealed up pretty good wouldn’t the nitrogen filled be pointless?
Maybe this was a case of over promotion, but back in my college days, a local large Sporting Goods dealer, which is still a Leica dealer kept a 7x35 original, circa 1970 Leitz Trinovid on display in their fish tank on the counter. Not beside the tank, IN the tank. They had advanced the display to use the new Leica Trinovid when I was in there in the early 1990's. That display method is no longer in use. The store maintained that the internal seals were strong enough for this. Feel free to disagree, but it was what it was. Maybe the sales staff from Leitz oversold them, and I don't know if they had ever lost one. I was not in there much as the store was kind of high priced, but the half dozen times I was there the Trinovids were in the tank.
The latest news from Leica UK is that the retro-Trinovids have not been cancelled or forgotten but will be launched during 2019, and the range will include the 7x36.
Lee
...The concept of the retro Trinovid was a great idea, reliant on the success of the two previous same named models. Also, x7 magnification in alphas seems to be a thing of the past.
Surely an 8 x32 Noctivid is their priority to compliment the current range...
I am sure these retro-bins are for collectors and folks with a wistful hint of nostalgia about them and there is nothing wrong with any of that. So I don't really think of these as playing a part in Leica's line-up of modern bins. Jaguar and Aston Martin have been reissuing car models that were peerless in their day but no longer and this is how these retro-Trinnies seem to me. But they are lovely objects and I wouldn't mock any Leica enthusiast for wanting one on their bino shelf.
Lee
I checked to see when this thread started........nearly 20 months ago, and it was as a result of the original poster noticing the binocular had been removed from Leica's website as well as retail outlets. All we've had are a series of false starts and stalling. The latest update, kindly provided by Troubador who asked the question and circulated the response, is another example of this.
Yes, they have to develop, test etc. before going into production and shipping units out from their despatch hub, but why keep the end user guessing and hanging on?
Baffling.
Still listed on Leica's website http://en.leica-camera.com/Sport-Optics/Leica-Birding/Binoculars/Leica-Trinovid2/Trinovid-Range
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I take it that's not good news? What are the rumours these days?
Early next year.
Hermann
On the 3rd February 2018, you wrote Autumn 2019. Now you're coming up with the above, and without any support. Admit it, you don't have any more idea than I do.