[Leica] My first pair of ED glass binoculars

[pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)]

Mine (see earlier) are only 10 x 25s but they are wonderfully portable...

Peter

On 24/07/2013 06:34, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote:
> Bushnell seems to be quite popular.  I bought a pair of Leica 10x42 
> Trinovids almost 20 years ago, and use them fairly often.  They have been 
> superb performers, and when I bought them, they were considerably less 
> costly than the current units are.  As for the Zeiss binoculars, I found 
> the same story about reliability and build quality even back then.  Quite 
> surprising, considering Zeiss' reputation for quality.  Enjoy your new 
> binoculars.
> 
> Cheers,
> gene
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Javier Perez" <summarex at hotmail.com>
> To: "LUG" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 9:09:40 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: [Leica] My first pair of ED glass binoculars
> 
> 
>  
> The binocular bug bit me again and I went with a pair of Bushnell Legend 
> HD 8x36's with ED glass  
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bushnell-Legend-Ultra-Hd-8x36-Binocular-190836-/190754901287?ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:US:3160
>   I seem to be reading a lot of good stuff about them and hopefully they 
> won't disappoint. Originally I was going to go with the 8x42s but these 
> have a slightly wider angle. 500 is the most I'd feel comfortable paying 
> for a set of binoculars because I just don't use them that often. That 
> meant ruling out the Victories and the whatevervids as well as the other 
> high end stuff. Before considering the Bushnells I was about to but a pair 
> of Barr and Stroud 8X42 EDs. like this one 
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Barr-Stroud-Savannah8x42ED-Super-W-angle-Phase-Coated-WP-FMC-Binoculars-/161031377787?pt=UK_Photography_Telescopes&hash=item257e37d37b
>  I like the central diopter correction on these and have seen the frames 
> sold under various names including Bresser. I have a pair of 8x56s
 
  B
>  
>  ressers and can confirm that the central correction is easier than the 
> eyepiece mounted correction. But it's cstill no match for the ultimate 
> setup found on the Trinovids.The B&Rs are also wider in angle at 143M, 
> just a little more than the Bushnell 8x36s. Would have bought them too but 
> the seller failed to provide a shipping quote toi the US and I went with 
> the Bushnells. Lucky for me too since the guy asked for 30 pounds to ship 
> them over. Not sure why the English charge so much, but it's killing their 
> sales. I also looked at the Zeiss Terra 8x42s  
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/ZEISS-TERRA-8X42-BINOCULARS-NEW-hunting-birding-/390630961785?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5af36b7279
>  These look nice and have Schott ED glass instead of the pricier HD 
> flouride glass. They are made in China and I guess they ship the lenses 
> over from Germany. I heard some bad reviews about the build quality 
> though. One guy claimed something fell off and another guy said the logo 
> started fading. Not su
 
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>  
>   how good the optics are, but if they werte anywhere near as good as the 
> Victories they would't cost under 4000 dollars.  Then I looked at the 
> Minox BLs but I don't think they are even made with ED glass, so I didn't 
> consider them too much even though they are made in wetzlar.  It seems to 
> be real hard to find out which binoculars are the best performing. The 
> reviews rarely compare what I'm looking for and there's virtually nothing 
> on optical performanc specs. Most of the reviews are amateurish and you 
> rearely get anything more than a claim of sharpness. Rarely is ther any 
> mention of any of the properties we expect to be told about our camera 
> lenses. Is there anybody out there doing serious binocular evaluation? I'd 
> love to know. The only thing I don't like about the Bushnells is the 
> idiotic pattern. It looks like an army uniform and after 12 years of 
> militarism, anything resembling a uniform makes me want to kill! So 
> anyway, what do you guys think about my new Bushnells? 
 
 Di
>  
>  d I pick a winner? Opinions are greatly appreciated. I think I'm going to 
> xpost this to the Lug. Let's see if they remember me. Later Javier         
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