NDhunter
Experienced observer
That is profound and interesting.
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Brief comparison between Zeiss 8 power binos (1 Viewer)
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yes I knew main and only distributor of Zeiss in korea. they said they have sold 1 10x32 sf last year and no idea of 8x32.
in 32mm, EL & NL is too dominant in Korean high grade market.
10x32 NL is the most widely used alphas though Korean expert or wealthy birders.
never seen someone use uv32 or edg32 in birding too
It is a great sin against intellectual honesty. (in my opinion)That is profound and interesting.
I really want to try SF 32 but main distributor has no plan to restock it.
Korean bino mania community is small so I can hear who got what bino. I never heard of whom even get to soo SF 32mm
and there is no sample in Korea.
it's a unicorn in Korean market like Nikon WX
I didn’t know you have those little guys up there.
Alas, I have never seen one.
I’d be pretty proud of myself, if I caught a fat grasshopper like that one.
I've still got my Ultravid 8x20..... fiddly awkward little things.
But 2 important points...
They DO go in a pocket, especially in a cloth sunglass pouch,
And the DO amaze me at the optical quality given the compromise they are!!
yes I have HGL 8x20 for every day carry.
but I like the compactness and build quality of leica
it have best compactness and build quality between pocket binos. that can justify it's high price to whom looking for smallest bino
Swaro 25mm pocket is of course best in optics and better ease of view but it is bit big and heavy for pocket use
Exactly that... I sold my Swaro 25's as they were a bit too big.... better optically than the Leica 8x20, as are the Zeiss VP's, I really like those too... and no eye relief problems for me!!!.... but neither do the 'pocket bino' like the Leicas.
That's a great comparison shot, showing just how much bigger the Swaros are... I'd actually forgotten.
didn't mainly checked it closly as other parts
so I don't have a total comparison. especially for fl 8x32 which I looked only under daylight.
others
CHD < HT42 < SFL30 < SFL 40
Not great with the Leicas... however they are so small that i wrap my hand around them and over the objective lens end, making a sunshield, and they are fine. This is only when provoked to looking near the direction of the sun... other than that, they are fine, and superb optically.... little optical gems.
Just so I don't get confused, glare is suppressed the worst in CHD, that is, glare performance is best for SFL40. Or is that the other way around?
you will like these photos too 😀
Swaro pocket is not a real pocket bino optic and hardware
it's optic is better then CL 8x30 thats why it is not a pocket optics.
it's compactness is bit big to say it is a pocket
so
too good to be pocket + too big to be pocket
I like curio 7x21 best.
pockt size, optically better then CL 8x25
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NV has very good glare suppression significantly better then UV.
but leica control glare much better then sumilar sized bino
glare suppression
leica uv 8x20
nikon hgl 8x20
swaro cl 8x25
you got it right.
I have had a Leica Ultravid 8x20 for some fifteen years. My sample has probably the most perfect, aberration-free optics of any of the binoculars I have ever used or tested, and is supremely pocketable. However, I do not like using it. I just don't get along with binoculars with less than 3 mm exit pupils, never finding them satisfyingly sharp or contrasty or easy to use, even this Leica the quality of which I know for sure. Go figure.
yes I used 10x32 10x30 10x42 10x20 18x50 canon.
12x28 16x28 14x40 Fujinon
10x32 is sharpnest. even sharpner then CHD, UV and HT. ine of the sharpest 10x32.
10x42 L is bit dark in overall optics, I lined them par with CHD, EDG
even they have electronics inside, their optics is good compared to same price normal bino.
Paultricounty
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Paultricounty
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This surprises me. I have both the 10x32IS and the 10x42IS (was just out with them last week) and one of the things I find about the 10x42 is how bright they are, brighter than many 10’s that I have and tried. And I find the 32 a litter dark for a 10x32. But like you said everybody is a little different.
