timtagel
Balintore Birder
Hi,
Many of you may have spotted this already, but a recent visit to the Leica website revealed the company seems to be pinning all its hopes on the HD range by scrapping much of the first edition of Ultravid full sized binos.
Gone is the 32mm model and the only Ultravid 42mm is the leather version.
This explains the somewhat uncharacteristic price dive of some Ultravid models in the online camera stores.
With the current capricious economic climate, I wonder if it was a wise business decision to produce a new range of binos wth a £1,200 price tag - especially as the improvements over the original Ultravids seems so slight. Do you think Leica will be forced to review its pricing on this HD range or do a Swarovski and have a mid-range ala the SLC series.
Many of you may have spotted this already, but a recent visit to the Leica website revealed the company seems to be pinning all its hopes on the HD range by scrapping much of the first edition of Ultravid full sized binos.
Gone is the 32mm model and the only Ultravid 42mm is the leather version.
This explains the somewhat uncharacteristic price dive of some Ultravid models in the online camera stores.
With the current capricious economic climate, I wonder if it was a wise business decision to produce a new range of binos wth a £1,200 price tag - especially as the improvements over the original Ultravids seems so slight. Do you think Leica will be forced to review its pricing on this HD range or do a Swarovski and have a mid-range ala the SLC series.
