Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Why Leica is worth it
From: Doug Herr <telyt560@cswebmail.com>
Date: 15 Jun 2000 19:14:52 -0700

On Thu, 15 June 2000, drodgers@nextlink.com wrote:

> 
> 
> Dan
> 
> >>I find very little difference in looking at birds through my wife's Nikon
> binoculars, and my friend's Leica binoculars- the Leitz IS brighter, but
> sometimes our own limitations interfere with our appreciation of some
> things!<<
> 
> I bought a pair of Leitz binoculars in Germany some years ago. I hunted elk
> when I lived in Colorado. My two hunting buddies ridiculed me for paying so
> much for my binoculars (I know they were envious. They just wouldn't admit
> it. Just like I won't admit that I took some satisfaction in that).
> 
> One of my buddies claimed that he could just as well through his
> binoculars, which were in fact a popular and relatively expensive brand. I
> admit, he had a point. Each day we spent hours on end glassing the draws
> and ravines for signs of elk. I enjoyed that more than anything else. Each
> night my buddy would complain that he had a headache. Finally, on the last
> day of hunting we decided to switch binoculars. At the end of that day I
> had a headache and he didn't
> 
> The next year my buddy showed up to camp with a pair of Leitz binoculars.
> 
> Dave

I bought my 10x40 trinovids when I was 25 and the expense represented a large portion of my annual income.  I was also  told they were far too expensive.  In 23 years they have never given me a headache.  Are they worth it?  Absolutely!

Doug Herr
Sacramento
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