Paultricounty
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Those are my thoughts exactly. I’m sensitive to CA, but not overly sensitive. Regardless of hand picked reviews and opinions about CA in Noctivids compared to the other alphas, real life on the ground is what counts. Like you, I’d be one of the first people to send these back if CA was not only intrusive, but if it showed up in the center during the daily observing constantly like some here will have you believe. I’ve sent back multiple binoculars that I felt CA was unacceptable, from Zeiss, Swarovski, Nikon and Leica (Trinovid HD).Yes, that is exactly what I ment. If Noctivid 8x42 would have prominent CA in the center all the time whereever you look it had been a "no no" for me. But it has not in most situations/lightings. Not to me at least. But such threads like this may make people believe that Noctivid 8x42 can not handling CA at all. I tried a Nikon HGL once..and that one had serious issues with handling CA if I remember correctly. Do you think the old Nikon HGL and the Leica Octivid 8x42 handles CA equal..or does the Nocticid 8x42 show more or less CA than the old Nikon HGL?
And for my own insecurities of whether I’m trying to overlook too much CA in a Noctivid, I’ve had dozens of people try them over the last two years, and I can only remember to three times that people even mentioned CA, and that’s after I’ve asked them to look for it. Most of them are awestruck by the image