Gaz1969uk
Well-known member
Hello all.
After the shenanigans with my swarovski 8x25cl my new Trinovid 8x32HD arrived this morning.
This is just a quick initial thoughts.
First of all not owning Leica before opening the box was just an absolute pleasure.
Lots of dark rich packaging and the little red dot just oozed class.
The binocular itself I have to say is finished to an exacting standard, very high indeed.
Super smooth focus with zero backlash or play, smooth dioptre adjustment, and lovely clickable eyecups.
This internal baffling if just amazing, having been into astronomy and telescopes I know the importance of good baffling and these are right up there.
The lens coating are a beautiful rich purple colour and blemish free.
Using the binoculars for a brief hour this morning I was not disappointed, I was a bit dubious about what I'd ordered after people saying small FOV and blue fringing and falloff at the edges, but my mind was at rest once I used them, the field of view to me was just fine, I won't miss anything and the view was immersive and enjoyable.
Chromatic Abberation (CA) aka blue fringing was not even evident using the binoculars as one would, I did have to go looking for it and eventually found a minimal amount looking at the dark roof line against the sky with hazy sun behind. This certainly isn't going to be an issue for 99% of people I'm sure.
Fall off at the edges of field of view, certainly wasn't noticeable and I wasn't at all distracted from the super enjoyable view at first, I did look for it, and yes although it does fall off a bit at the edges, it's minimal, and certainly doesn't distract from pleasing and views, (the type that makes you smile to yourself when your looking through) ☺️.
Sharpness is the same to me at least as good as my swarovski 8x25cl I had to return, beautiful crisp views indeed so no issues there.
Glare, haze, I have used them looking directly in the direction of the sun and sideways to induce glare or haze and nothing, just spot on.
The feel of the binoculars though while using them is a joy in itself, they are so tactile and feel quality, they even smell wonderful.
They may not suit the utter purist who spend £2-3K on binoculars, but everyone else I'm sure would be super happy for the £675 price tag in the UK.
The main thing is, any doubts I had while I was waiting for them to arrive were soon out to rest once I had them.
I'll give them another try out in the field over the weekend and give an update.
Thanks for now.
Happy Viewing.
Gary
After the shenanigans with my swarovski 8x25cl my new Trinovid 8x32HD arrived this morning.
This is just a quick initial thoughts.
First of all not owning Leica before opening the box was just an absolute pleasure.
Lots of dark rich packaging and the little red dot just oozed class.
The binocular itself I have to say is finished to an exacting standard, very high indeed.
Super smooth focus with zero backlash or play, smooth dioptre adjustment, and lovely clickable eyecups.
This internal baffling if just amazing, having been into astronomy and telescopes I know the importance of good baffling and these are right up there.
The lens coating are a beautiful rich purple colour and blemish free.
Using the binoculars for a brief hour this morning I was not disappointed, I was a bit dubious about what I'd ordered after people saying small FOV and blue fringing and falloff at the edges, but my mind was at rest once I used them, the field of view to me was just fine, I won't miss anything and the view was immersive and enjoyable.
Chromatic Abberation (CA) aka blue fringing was not even evident using the binoculars as one would, I did have to go looking for it and eventually found a minimal amount looking at the dark roof line against the sky with hazy sun behind. This certainly isn't going to be an issue for 99% of people I'm sure.
Fall off at the edges of field of view, certainly wasn't noticeable and I wasn't at all distracted from the super enjoyable view at first, I did look for it, and yes although it does fall off a bit at the edges, it's minimal, and certainly doesn't distract from pleasing and views, (the type that makes you smile to yourself when your looking through) ☺️.
Sharpness is the same to me at least as good as my swarovski 8x25cl I had to return, beautiful crisp views indeed so no issues there.
Glare, haze, I have used them looking directly in the direction of the sun and sideways to induce glare or haze and nothing, just spot on.
The feel of the binoculars though while using them is a joy in itself, they are so tactile and feel quality, they even smell wonderful.
They may not suit the utter purist who spend £2-3K on binoculars, but everyone else I'm sure would be super happy for the £675 price tag in the UK.
The main thing is, any doubts I had while I was waiting for them to arrive were soon out to rest once I had them.
I'll give them another try out in the field over the weekend and give an update.
Thanks for now.
Happy Viewing.
Gary
