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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ceasar" data-source="post: 3532240" data-attributes="member: 26155">Hi Chuck, I Also have that Leica 7x42 Trinovid BN you picture and I still use it with the little leather zip up combo carry case and lens cover that came with it.  I used it heavily for years until I got a Zeiss Victory 7x42 FL T* after it was discontinued.  I got mine NIB from Cabelas after it was discontinued when the Ultravids came out.  Does yours have that neat little zip up leather case?The 1982 Leitz 7x42 Trinovid BA I commented on in post #33 is older than the Leica Trinovid and it used Uppendahl roof prisms instead of SP prisms.   Mine doesn't have phase coatings although some of the newest versions of them made in the late 1980's are supposed to have had them.  The first thing I noticed when I used my new Leica 7x42 Trinovid BN was how much brighter it was than the older Leitz 7x42 Trinovid.  I also noticed that the earlier Leitz had a yellow color caste to the view compared to the Leica's more neutral color.  It has been speculated here that hunters preferred this yellowish caste.  I have always liked using 7x42 binoculars and I have a number of them including a Swarovski 7x42 SLC B along with the aforesaid Zeiss Victory.   And I have a surprisingly good, lightweight, sturdy and handy, and low priced  Leupold 7x42 BX-2 Cascade which is now sadly discontinued!  I still use it often as a car binocular.  It was replaced by the 7x42 Hawthorne which had FMC to the Cascades MC.  The Hawthornes are now discontinued too.Bob</blockquote>

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