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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ronh" data-source="post: 1224252" data-attributes="member: 55514">John, thanks for your impressions of these models. It sounds like I'm not missing much optically. Although the Trinovid is a bit of a brick, did anybody ever complain that a brick was poorly balanced?Henry, thanks for that perspective, and for the interesting bit about blue light. The optics purist of course simply wants all the light, perfectly focussed, and artifact free. The thing is, I thought that was me! Maybe it isn't.Ron, this is wonderful, my science-based side is reeling with delight. So, Trinovid's bandpass is flatter, and most of the Ultravid's gain is in the orange and red. It seems like in the reddish light of sunrise and sunset, the Ultravid would make better use of the light, but by the white light of midday, the Trinovid would appear more color correct. I suppose perceived contrast would depend on which bino, the ambient light color, and color differences in the scene, but given a wide range of conditions and scene colorations, Trinovid, although dimmer, might just have the contrast edge.It strikes me that Leica is not only alone in their willingness to share such information with you, but there are several examples of Leica sales literature being oddly consistent with what is known otherwise to be true. The current very slick website, for example, says that it is relatively easy to modify coatings to achieve better transmission in the blue, but that in the the Ultravid  they have avoided this because it would have given an unpleasant view. They also state that no lubricant is used on the focusing mechanism, an issue long a source of pride or annoyance to the Leica crowd, and a fact that, coupled with the change to less-than-slick-surfaced Titanium for the focusing axle, may explain the frequent complaints about the Ultravid's focus feel, which many feel is worse even than the Trinovid's. Could it possibly be that they are honest and forthright, with nothing to hide? Ron</blockquote>

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