Maybe high levels of CA are why Leica's are known for those highly saturated colors. The CA actually IS the saturated colors.Anyway, why couldn't Leica just correct the CA in the top binos? I get it that the non flat, small FOV, high contrast, red hue and high distortion image has its appeal. On the other hand, nobody likes CA.
Nowadays, even the chinese SRBC has way less CA than the top Leica bino like Jackjack showed, while having a wider field, better corrected, etc. Cutaway images show that Leicas have roughly the same amount of lens elements like Swaros or Zeiss. What's stopping them from matching glass types, using achromatic doublets in the eyepieces, etc. to reduce CA? I feel like they could leave all those "features" I mentioned above that appeal to certain users intact, while having ample margin to remove CA, any ideas?
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