Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why don't you try a glass from "Docter" (Carl Zeiss Jena), e.g. the 8x32 B "Notarem". Docter's glasses are the best, as Marc J Small will confirm, and you ppay about 15 to 25 percent of Leitz glass only. Alf - -------------------------------------------------------------------- At 21:43 22.12.1997 -0500, you wrote: >Do you wear glasses regularly? I do and noticed the blackout problem with >a pair of the Leica 7xsomething or other. I am still casting about for a >chance to give the 8x32 model a trial since it received a very good rating >from "Better View Desired," a fairly objective review of viewing optics >(http://www.biddeford.com/~sing/BVD.html). In the meantime, I'm stuck >with a pair of 10x42 Swarovskis which, while on the heavy side, suit my >purposes for birding well. On the other hand, something smaller with a >wider field of view would be handy for forest bird walks. > >On Sun, 21 Dec 1997, Jeff Segawa wrote: > >> This summer, after around 4 years of "thinking about it", I finally bought >> my first set of binoculars: The Leica 8x32BA. I knew from the start that I >> wanted something pretty small, but at the same time, it had to be easy on >> the eyes, arms and shoulders. They also had to work well with or without >> glasses, and not have much of a tendancy for image blackout if one's eye was >> not perfectly centered on the eyepiece.