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Message: <blockquote data-quote="adhoc" data-source="post: 3448692" data-attributes="member: 131373">Lee, could you link/direct to a photo showing the Noctivid and Ultravid together? Thank you!The 3mm difference is with the Ultravid 10x42 which is notably longer than the Ultravid 8x42 and 7x42.Lengths in inches/mmUltravid: 7x42 141/5.55, 8x42 142/5.6, 10x42 147/5.8Noctivid: 8x42 150/5.9, 10x42 150/5.9(Leica's own specifications for all these are given in post #260 in this thread by dwever.)Images of the Ultravid 8x42 and the Noctivid side by side with a Swarovision 42 are seen in Tobias Menle's "greatestbinoculars" website and in post #505 above by Vespobuteo. The Ultravid 8x42 looks strikingly shorter, and the Noctivid looks nearly the same length, compared with the Swaro.In all the photos and videos I have seen of the Noctivid being held by people or on a strap around the neck (at the Bird Fair and elsewhere) it looks to me noticeably larger than the Ultravid, in fact what I would call a large binocular, unlike the Ultravid. The barrels seem to be wider too.(The selfie in post #598 above by Subzero88 is misleading: he seems to be a small-built guy.)</blockquote>