[Leica] Leica glass and shadow detail

[Grduprey at aol.com (Grduprey@aol.com)]

In a message dated 1/28/2005 1:10:38 PM Central Standard Time, 
contaxaholic@yahoo.com writes:
Was in Helix (Chicago, Illinois) and the salesman showed me some Leica 
binoculars and he went on and on about the fact that Leica uses special 
ingredients 
in the lens formula so that more shadow detail is picked up. He intimated 
that 
it's the same with their 35mm camera lenses.



Is this really true, or was the salesman stretching the truth?

Well, I don't know about special glass or anything, but I have had a pair of 
the Leica 10x42 Ultras for years and their performance is second to none.  
They are great viewing and just the right amount of contrast and low light 
capabilities.  The current genreation is even better.  The dealer in Dallas, 
where I 
got mine used to sell Zeiss binoculars and stopped selling them due to 
customer complaints of quality and reliability.  His opinion was that Leica 
had the 
best on the market with Swarovski as the next best.  I would buy another set 
without thinking twice.

Gene