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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rathaus" data-source="post: 3382169" data-attributes="member: 132018">I've got a fairly mint pair of trinovid 10x40 (122m) with round leitz logo. I find them to be superb compact binoculars. The focus and diopter controls are among the most precise and most perfectly machined I've ever used. I've got a second pair I picked up more cheaply and I've taken them apart to clean. The internals, the quality and design has to be seen to be believed.The slightly later 10x40B, I believe, gained some eye relief and lost some field of view.People can make their comments about these older leitz lacking various 'essential technologies', and being useless or completely out of date etc etc but I find them to be an outstanding binocular. Not perfect, but a massive fov and very clear with stunning build quality whilst being very compact...possibly the most compact binoculars of their specification ever made. Let's look at some performance markers....For reference - my Cannon 10x42 outperform my 8.5x swarovision at dusk by a far far greater margin than the swarovision outperform the old trinovids during the day. Let's keep some things in perspective.I've also got the 8x32 Trinovids which are unbelievably compact. The amplivids are the most astonishing small binoculars, and they're 60yrs old. I have some modern 8x20 Zeiss and the 60yr old 6x24 Amplivids are so superior...there is simply no comparison to be had. It's like comparing a toy with a serious binocular.The only binoculars in my own collection which match the old trinovids 'for their era' are the Fujinon/Bushnell 7x35. The Bushnells are indeed better optically, but about triple the size and weight. When an ancient Bushnell can compete with or exceed a fresh Nikon E2, it makes me wonder what, if any, absolute optical advances have been made in 50-60 years. Rathaus</blockquote>

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