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Message: <blockquote data-quote="adhoc" data-source="post: 3646759" data-attributes="member: 131373">I PMd Fazalmajid for his assessment on some aspects of this Zeiss 8x25 vs the Leica Uv. 8x20, beyond the information already there in his posts in this thread and in the User Reviews section of a retailer's website, which I found very useful. I suggested that he reply either here or back by PM. Thank you Fazalmajid for the lengthy and patient response.We diverge mostly on two aspects. Comparing for glare, under which I would include flare, was done side by side by me only with the Uv. 10x25. With the Uv. 8x20 it was memory, a bad practice I know, and assumption.On the sharpness of the image across the field I am at fault again I am sure. My assessment was mostly on comparison with the Hawke Sapphire 8x25, which also has a wide (thought less) field of view, and the image in the Zeiss, unlike in that much smaller instrument, is easily and usefully viewable nearly to the edges in most bird watching situations. This will needs be tested better when I take part in a waterbird survey in 2-3 months (when also the "pincushioning" should be useful for easier panning).I still incline to the Uv. 8x20! But I wonder and will wait to see whether Leica will soon improve the two (8x and 10x) pocket Uvs, just to compete with the two new Zeisses. That should be possible if at all only with new glass and coatings, in line with the bigger Ultravids, which have gone from "Uv." to "Uv. HD" to "Uv. HD Plus" while the pockets have remained, in name at least, just "Uv."</blockquote>

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