New Retrovid 7x35 (1 Viewer)

[Brummie]

Thanks Paul... it sure looks like the UVHD 8x32 would fit as well in whatever pocket the 7x35 Retros happen to fit into.

UVHD 8x32 will probably fit into any pocket the 7x35 will, but they will stick out a bit more. Apart from actual pocket models, the Retrovid are the most discrete binoculars I own to wear under a jacket (and that includes the UVHD, which I have owned in the past). There may be some 8x30 or 8x28 models that are just as slim, but I'm not aware of any that have the same optical quality.

 

[dorubird]

HG 8x30 are not "just as slim", but even slimmer and shorter than Retrovid. And the optical quality is in the same category as Retrovid. Nikon Monarch HG 8x30 is one of the most underrated binoculars on the market!

 

[Brummie]

Nikon Monarch HG 8x30 is one of the most underrated binoculars on the market!

As long as you can use them without constant blackouts making you want to throttle yourself with the neck strap 🥴

I also think the image is a step down, although still good on the HG.

 

[Mac308]

@Mac308 Quite obviously, if pocket ability is the primary objective, neither of these two would be optimal. BUT, you missed my point, above.

You said: "The Retrovid (7x35) fits my pocket well and easily. Can say that I hid it well. I don't think any modern 8x32 can do that."

So just to clarify, you don't think that the Ultravid 8x32 can fit your pocket as easily as the Retrovid 7x35? In other words, the Retrovid 7x35 is, in your opinion, smaller and more easily pocketable than the Ultravid 8x32?

Without handling them both side by side, I would have thought that the UVHD 8x32 would "pocket", as your photos above demonstrate, at least as easily as the 7x35 Retrovid, if not more so.

I frankly fail to understand why anyone would want to put a 7x35 or 8x32 in their pocket... they are NOT meant for it.

 

[Paultricounty]

I frankly fail to understand why anyone would want to put a 7x35 or 8x32 in their pocket... they are NOT meant for it.

 

[Paultricounty]

Here you go Don,

It’s settled they both fit in a pocket. Just for shts and giggles here are the pictures to prove It. I even through in the Nikon 8x32 SE.

You can use a 15x56 for birding, you can tuck a 1911 (in 45 of course) in your waist band, but you shouldn’t, for all kinds of reasons. 🤣

Paul

 

[Mac308]

Paul, I’m not following your response to me using only pictures - what’s the point you’re making?

Also, my point about pockets relates post #223 further up promoting the idea of carrying 7x35‘s in pants pockets (not jacket pockets, although that seems like a poor idea too, but to each his own).

Thanks.

 

[Thotmosis]

Here you go Don,

It’s settled they both fit in a pocket. Just for shts and giggles here are the pictures to prove It. I even through in the Nikon 8x32 SE.

You can use a 15x56 for birding, you can tuck a 1911 (in 45 of course) in your waist band, but you shouldn’t, for all kinds of reasons. 🤣

Paul

Sweet dog in the background😉

 

[Thotmosis]

I carry my compact UV 8x32 sometimes in the pocket my M65 jacket when i don’t want it around my neck or to carry it bandolier style. Like when im walking in the city, people find it strange if you walk with a binocular, so I put the bino in my pocket and when I arrive at a spot where I can use it I take out. The small UV (and Retrovid I guess) are perfect for that. But the 10x25 are much, much, much 🤪 better because they are true pocket bino’s.

 

[Paultricounty]

Paul, I’m not following your response to me using only pictures - what’s the point you’re making?

Also, my point about pockets relates post #223 further up promoting the idea of carrying 7x35‘s in pants pockets (not jacket pockets, although that seems like a poor idea too, but to each his own).

Thanks.

I was just responding to someone asking the question, if the retro fits in pants pockets why can’t a an Ultravidm 32. I have both , so I posted a few picks of the size comparison in a side pocket. Both easily can fit in a decent size pocket. I probably wouldn’t do it for multiple reasons, but it does work for those size binoculars.

And I accidentally posted the pictures to the wrong reply, oops.

Paul

 

[Mac308]

I was just responding to someone asking the question, if the retro fits in pants pockets why can’t a an Ultravidm 32. I have both , so I posted a few picks of the size comparison in a side pocket. Both easily can fit in a decent size pocket. I probably wouldn’t do it for multiple reasons, but it does work for those size binoculars.

And I accidentally posted the pictures to the wrong reply, oops.

Paul

Ah - now I get it. Thanks for the clarification.

And yes, like you, I have the 8x32 UV, and no I'd not want to put it in any pocket. I do have an 8x20 UV that "can" fit into nearly any pocket. Even so, I don't find it an especially comfortable practice in a pants/shorts pocket, and it's obviously smaller than the 7x35.

Port bottle for size 😁

 

[Paultricounty]

Sweet dog in the background😉

Thank you. That’s Charlie, he likes the retros as well. Something to do with the smell. 😆

 

[Paultricounty]

Ah - now I get it. Thanks for the clarification.

And yes, like you, I have the 8x32 UV, and no I'd not want to put it in any pocket. I do have an 8x20 UV that "can" fit into nearly any pocket. Even so, I don't find it an especially comfortable practice in a pants/shorts pocket, and it's obviously smaller than the 7x35.

Port bottle for size 😁

Very nice. Another Leica Fan. I have to say I haven’t been bitten by the pocket minis yet, but they do look fine.

Paul.

 

[Mac308]

Very nice. Another Leica Fan. I have to say I haven’t been bitten by the pocket minis yet, but they do look fine.

Paul.

Paul, I've had the little 8x20 UV for 8 years. Before that I had a Zeiss Victory 8x20 T*. I'm a backpacker and enjoy bird/wildlife viewing when I'm in the backcountry. What I found, to my astonishment, is how much I like the size (but only with alpha glass). My only gripe about the current 8x20 Leica is that it's not a 7x20 and doesn't have twist-up eyepieces. Of course, I wish my 8x32's were 7x32's too! If I had confidence in the new Swarovski 7x21 Curio I'd be an owner. So far, to me, it's un-proven in terms of durability. We shall see...

 

[Trinovid]

My only gripe about the current 8x20 Leica is that it's not a 7x20 and doesn't have twist-up eyepieces. Of course, I wish my 8x32's were 7x32's too!

I wish there were more people at Leica who shared this view.

 

[Paultricounty]

Paul, I've had the little 8x20 UV for 8 years. Before that I had a Zeiss Victory 8x20 T*. I'm a backpacker and enjoy bird/wildlife viewing when I'm in the backcountry. What I found, to my astonishment, is how much I like the size (but only with alpha glass). My only gripe about the current 8x20 Leica is that it's not a 7x20 and doesn't have twist-up eyepieces. Of course, I wish my 8x32's were 7x32's too! If I had confidence in the new Swarovski 7x21 Curio I'd be an owner. So far, to me, it's un-proven in terms of durability. We shall see...

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Those Leica’s look nice. I was thinking about the little Curio’s.

 

[lmans66]

The Nikon HG is surely one I have had at one time and it is a great pair of bins. Initially got somewhat bad reviews but the more people see it, the more they like it. To me, it was just a bit too small (as is that ZEISS) and the retro allows me to pretend I have a larger binocular. Well, it is larger than the HG by quite a bit in length, but when you compare any of these to a full size. 8x42, they are dwarfed. But when birding with the HG, I felt as it was a 'toy'...just too small. Birding with the retro is more comfortable and I feel like I am birding with a real binocular.

 

[Brummie]

The Retrovid shows how comfortable a compact binocular can be when the eyecups actually extend far enough for the eye relief. I can’t understand why other compact bins struggle so often to get that right.

 

[ZDHart]

I frankly fail to understand why anyone would want to put a 7x35 or 8x32 in their pocket... they are NOT meant for it.

Indeed... I'm not inclined to try to pocket my UVHD+ 8x32 nor 10x32. I'd choose the UVHD+ 8x20 for that, myself!

For the most part, though, I almost never use my 8x20 Trinovids (bought them in the early 1980s, so there's your clue.) Just too small and fiddly for my liking, and the optics of the day leave something to be desired. The UVHD+ 8x32 is about as small as I prefer using, except on the rare occasion when I feel I must go smaller... like at the symphony.

My question, above, was merely that if someone ELSE felt that they could pocket a 7x35 Retro, I didn't see why they couldn't also pocket a UVHD+ 8x32, as well.

 

[Trinovid]

I'm not inclined to try to pocket my UVHD+ 8x32 nor 10x32. I'd choose the UVHD+ 8x20 for that, myself!

They fit okay in a jacket pocket, and I've carried them that way, but for pants pockets, no go, and as you say, better to go with the 8x20.

My question, above, was merely that if someone ELSE felt that they could pocket a 7x35 Retro, I didn't see why they couldn't also pocket a UVHD+ 8x32, as well.

I agreed with your initial observation, and still do.