Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:54 AM 12/4/99 -0700, you wrote: >If you are looking for some interesting binoculars you should check out >http://www.deutscheoptik.com/ they have some great binoculars from Germany, >Japan, and elsewhere. > >Also, for the birders, I used to use a nice pair of 7 x 35 binocs but tried >the new 10 x 36 Canon Image Stabilizer binoculars, wow was I hooked. I >actually had a 10x that I could handhold, excellent optics too! They aren't >that much larger than the Geovids. > >Peter K I have the 8x32, 10x42 Trinovids, the CZ jena 10x40 BGA and like them all. The leicas are both great glass although the 10x tends to be heavier to lug around for a long period of time. As for the Jena model, I have noticed that some fine reticular pattern has developed in one of the internal elements and only in one of two tubes. This is definitely not fungus but some say that this is a coating degradation which is quite common amongst E German products. Otherwise it does not seem to affect optical performance (comparing the view by eyeballing through each of the tubes). Do you have an idea what is the cause of this? Dan K.