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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gijs van Ginkel" data-source="post: 3582102" data-attributes="member: 82596">Globetrotter, post 184,I have investigated the Noctivids in comparison with Swarovsi SLC, EL-SV and the Zeiss SF and HT (and I also compared them with the Utravid HD-plus). The color representation of the Noctivids shows no difference with that of the Ultravid HD-plusses and that is not so surprising since there absorption/transmission spectra are practically identical in shape. Strictly speaking the color representation of the Noctivids is not perfectly neutral, but has a very slight tendency to red. That was obviously a deliberate choice by Leica, since the overall color reproduction gives the images a more saturated color impression and that is perfectly alright, I like it. Because of this choice however, the SLC's  for example have a brighter image impression than the Noctivids, although the overall light transmission is not so much different, but the color balance is slightly different.Special 3-D enhancement of the Noctivids as compared to the other tested binoculars were not present in my hands. The overall handling comfort of the Noctivids I found not so good as it is for the other competitors for a number of reasons, that may also be the cause, in combination with the very high price of the Noctivids, that sales in The Netherlands at least are not very high: some shops report no sales at all others report some by real Leica fans, but that is it.Gijs van Ginkel</blockquote>

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