SeldomPerched
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While confined to the house for a while I've been looking out from the windows watching the antics of young squirrels as well as blackbirds - the blackbirds seem to like holly berries: one wrenches them off while the other flits to and fro not far away in the background on the same tree.
To hand have been a modern Leica Ultravid 7x42 HD Plus but also the old Zeiss Dialyt 7x42 BG/AT*P*. These two are quite different in design, size, and appearance but share that easy open view - the Zeiss a bit wider but I don't notice that much of the time. They both give a view that I appreciate a lot. Which all set me wondering: would it be fair to say the latter was THE birdwatching glass of the 80s/90s/early 00s?
In which case what was the contemporary competition from Leitz/Leica? Not necessarily a 7x42 but what was their 'must have' glass of the time - and it might have changed over that approx. two decade-long period?
Some searches on the internet have not been very informative; there seems a lot more discussion unless I am mistaken about the BG/A T* (P/P*) / ClassiC than on anything else, or at least that is the glass that gets near-universal acclaim.
I'd be interested to hear from forum members, especially in these times with retro Trinovids appearing.
Tom
To hand have been a modern Leica Ultravid 7x42 HD Plus but also the old Zeiss Dialyt 7x42 BG/AT*P*. These two are quite different in design, size, and appearance but share that easy open view - the Zeiss a bit wider but I don't notice that much of the time. They both give a view that I appreciate a lot. Which all set me wondering: would it be fair to say the latter was THE birdwatching glass of the 80s/90s/early 00s?
In which case what was the contemporary competition from Leitz/Leica? Not necessarily a 7x42 but what was their 'must have' glass of the time - and it might have changed over that approx. two decade-long period?
Some searches on the internet have not been very informative; there seems a lot more discussion unless I am mistaken about the BG/A T* (P/P*) / ClassiC than on anything else, or at least that is the glass that gets near-universal acclaim.
I'd be interested to hear from forum members, especially in these times with retro Trinovids appearing.
Tom
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