Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:57 AM 7/19/98 -0700, the anonymous mark wrote: >i was in KSP yesterday and observed a father choosing some binoculars >for his family. his 5 year old (seemingly) daughter was with him. he >was leading himself towards purchasing the leica binoculars ($1000++). >he clearly wanted to purchase the binoculars for his family, he kept >trying them out on his daughter. i noticed that his level of "fuss" >went up about 3 notches when she had the leica binoculars in her hands >as opposed to the ashi pentax binoculars ($300). in fact, his fuss level >was raised to the point where his daughter was having a hard time >with him. Well, by any rational standard, the Asahi Pentax binoculars are simply junk compared to the Leica binoculars. The difference in optical quality is stunning. Asahi makes world-class sports optics, but they do not export such to the US, as the freight is a bit higher than Zeiss and Leica and Docter charge. I am not denying that price plays a role in our purchasing, but the simple desire to buy quality binoculars ought not be characterized as the simple buying of a "toy". Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!