black crow
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I wouldn't want to own just one brand of binos. It's one reason I ordered the Ultravid to go along with the purchase of the Swaro. I really have no brand loyalty and buy from Celestron to Swaro with total abandon lol.
now if they could split some of those prices with an ax, like Meopta that would be nice.
Standing-room tickets at the front of the Hyde Park venue in London are going for £330 (just over $500), with the cheapest tickets at the back of the park going for £95 ($144).
In 1971 I used to attend rock concerts for an average of $2-5 and I saw some pretty big names. I just found this headline about Stones tickets.
At $144 you better have some decent 10x binoculars with you.
Tobias does a very nice job and freely admits subjectivity and sample variation.Pileatus, post 38 and Black Crow post 39,
I hope that you are aware that taking test reports of Allbinos and Tobias Mennle with a block of salt may be life threatening, since medical studies have shown over and over that too much salt damages your blood pressure and your kidneys. Especially that last mentioned phenomenon will hamper your observation pleasure, since it causes to fill your bladder frequently and a lot and that may disturb the lenght of your observation time and it will limit the number of places where you can look for birds and wildlife.
Gijs van Ginkel
I have now had my Leica Noctivid 8x42 for some days and I begin to love it!
I still prefer the very flat view of the Nikon EDG, but the view from the Noctivid is very nice too. The whole package is incredible good!
Ok, in some situations it shows a little bit to much CA and it is not the sharpest off-axis. But a 100 % perfect binocular is not possible to find anywhere on this planet. And the shortcomings it has are not too bad, I think. On the other hand it:
- is nice to hold (good balance and grip)
- is very well built
- has a great focus wheel with rather smooth action
- has a perfect diopter
- is great to use with glasses (much ER)
- is very bright
- is sharp/crispy
- is comfortable (I can not understand that I had issues with eye placement the first day I tried it)
- has natural colors
- has high contrast
- is very very good in backlight
- has great objective covers
- has a simple but stylish look
- has no rolling ball
After some days of use the view also feels more natural to me. I am really happy that I decided to keep it!
When I look at the Noctivids exit pupils they are not perfectly round. In what way does it affect the optical quality in practice?
Take great care to make sure you are looking absolutely perfectly on the optical axis when assessing the shape of the exit pupils. A couple of degrees off can mean the EPs look oval even if they are not.
Lee
In my Noctivid I can see something like this in both exit pupils (two in the left exit pupil and two in the right exit pupil).
OK that is not provoked by looking off-axis. Something is cutting off part of the field of view.
Lee
It is not that bad as the picture I posted shows, but something makes the exit pupils slightly angular in its shape. Especially the left one. In my Nikon EDG I can't see that. Does it matter in practice if the exit pupils are not absolute perfect round?
I have experimented more with the eye cups, and it seems that it is the extreme long ER which is the problem for me. I use glasses, but if I extend the eye cups 3 (and some more) clicks it seems to be easier for me to look through the binocular.
I will not resend it to the dealer yet because I will give it one more chance before I do that...