Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 8x32BA binoculars
From: Alfred Breull <puma@hannover.sgh-net.de>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 09:33:28 +0100

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
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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.