Mike F
Well-known member
Between the two 10x bins you mention the UVHD+ if image is the big issue.
I'd be interested to know why and in what way you thought the image of the 10x50 UVHD+ was better than the 10x42 NV?
Between the two 10x bins you mention the UVHD+ if image is the big issue.
I'd be interested to know why and in what way you thought the image of the 10x50 UVHD+ was better than the 10x42 NV?
Probably less about better and more about personal taste.
Like the UVHD+ 7x42, Leica hit a sweet spot with the 10x50 being very bright with almost the same color signature as the 7’s, great contrast and saturated colors. The NVD in 8X42 surpasses/measures up, but for me not so much the NVD 10x42. As Globetrotter noted in 2015, the 10x50’s have amazing if not class leading resolution, sharpness, while somehow keeping the easy Leica view. Their saturation and contrast is perhaps like a 10X version of the 7x42’s. I gave the 10x50’s up due to their seemingly massive size and a hitch in the focusing mechanism in my sample, only to find myself eventually with the huge NVD 8X42’s.
I should’ve kept the 7x42 and a repaired 10x50 UVHD+, they are for me the Kodachrome of binoculars, warm and wonderful, but I succumbed to the hype of the new Noctivid buying the 8x42’s shortly after their release. I think my NVD’s are truly great, but I was probably fine where I was. I have wondered though if the UVHD+ would have held up to the subzero winters in Alaska the way the Noctivid have.
Top three modern Leica’s to me in order: 7x42 UVHD+, NVD 8x42, 10x50 UVHD+.
Thanks for the detailed replies dwever and Andy,
I had the 10x50SV and didn’t have a problem with the size and weight. My primary bin will be the 7x42HD+, and the 10x will be used in the winter, and for days on the coast when I’m not carrying a scope and/or long and heavy camera lenses. The brighter image and (usually) wider field of view of the x50 over the x42 makes up for the added weight in my experience. Just looking for a companion to the 7x Leica with the same warm, contrasty and saturated view.
Good to hear of the experience of less CA in the 10x50HD+. Now, I just need to find one to test (particularly for the eye relief with glasses). The 10x50 specs show 2mm less eye relief than on my 7x, but I pull those out one click stop for my glasses, so hopefully the 10x50 will work.
Rob
Mike,
Some like the UV HD+ 10X50 as I do. It seems that you are trying to rationalize that the Noctivid is better, and it likely is better FOR YOU, however some who are comfortable with a bit more weight prefer a premium 10X50 for the views it provides for THEM. There is not one better than the other here, they are both premium glass.
Andy W.
With these 2 Leica models and sizes, you are comparing apples to oranges, and that is true with
any top optics. Comparing a 42 with a 50 is much different. Now throw in 32 mm binoculars.
So that means don't try to choose which is best on here, that is left to the eyes of the beholder.
Jerry
I should’ve kept the 7x42 and a repaired 10x50 UVHD+, they are for me the Kodachrome of binoculars...
I will take a 10X50 UVHD+ over any 10X42, sorry, my eyes see it differently.
Andy W.
I have over 50 bins, I have tried them, and I prefer the 50mm aperture, that is just me.