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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Anthon" data-source="post: 3522915" data-attributes="member: 134425">I think one way Leica achieves 3D or plasticity or vividness, whatever you want to call it, is by detaching the foreground from the background through. Yes, it's distortion as someone mentioned above, but not by bending straight poles and rectangular buildings but by letting the background move at a different rate than the foreground, the same as would happen if you stare at an object with on eye whilst moving your head sideways (like a cat does to better judge depth just before it jumps on its prey). The object moves at a slower rate than its background. So as soon as you put the Noctivid to your eyes, small movements of your hands, eyes, the object and the background itself render the whole picture 'vivid', almost like 3D <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />.I'm on holiday so I haven't had the chance to test this idea against my 'flat' Ultravid, but staring at the tropical birds trough the Noctivid whilst sitting in my beach-side cabin the above mentioned effect is very strong, much stronger than I remember from my other bins. Or is it the pina coladas? B <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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