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Message: <blockquote data-quote="potts34137a" data-source="post: 1500257" data-attributes="member: 76714">Hi SB, I guess you miss typed L&B ? for Leibermann and Gortz? if so well it depends...it seems originally they were possibly a genuine German concern based in Berlin that may or may not have made binoculars for other companies to badge themselves.It appears that around the last war(WW2) they moved to England possibly London and collaborated with British makers, noticeably Wray and Dolland and possibly Newbold & Bulford.This last part is my own theory as I have several pairs of Wray,Dolland and L&G and at a certain point/ time they are all pretty much identical in performance and build as well as serial numbering see here for further information on a different forum(my theory only) <a href="http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/1055245/page/0/view/collapsed/sb/5/o/all/fpart/29/vc/1" target="_blank">http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/1055245/page/0/view/collapsed/sb/5/o/all/fpart/29/vc/1</a>The above thread is worth reading all the way back from page 1 and is also worth joining the group purely for it, contributiona are frequent helpfull and friendly.As for optical performance on L&G's well some are average, some are good, some excellent and some quite poor! I have a decent pair of 10x 40's that are very respectable but I also have a very clean almost mint pair of Newbold & Bulford(enbeeco) 10 or 12 x 40's that are very dim and dull!</blockquote>

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