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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pinewood" data-source="post: 3210861" data-attributes="member: 10255">Hello,I must write that I have been ignoring my Leica binoculars, of late:  3 BA's, a BN and an 8x20.  On paper, and in practice, FL glass and dielectic coatings and the size of my Zeiss FL 8x32 are well ahead of those old binoculars.  I have not had an opportunity to use my 12x50 BA for astronomy, for quite a while.I have several Leitz Binoculars, including an 8x30 Binuxit, which I keep.  It does not work well with spectacles, it is dim by today's standards, it does focus too closely, unless I remove my specs, but it provides a rather pleasant view.I would like to see Leica jump ahead of the competition.  Perhaps, they have something in the development pipeline.Happy bird watching,Arthur Pinewood :hi:</blockquote>