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Message: <blockquote data-quote="henry link" data-source="post: 3370455" data-attributes="member: 6806"><p>It should be noted that the Leica Ultravid optical designs were not originally conceived to be housed in small light bodies. The basic designs are little changed from the optics of the robust and heavy Trinovid BAs from 25 years ago. Eye relief and FOV are unchanged and even the physical lengths of the bodies are still about the same for the current Ultravids as they were for the first Trinovid BAs. The original Trinovid BA designers were clearly not much concerned with making optical compromises for the sake of reducing weight and size. The BAs weighed about 50% more than the Leitz Trinovid models they replaced.</p></blockquote><p></p>