Recent content by cyberindie

The Leica 1600 has the angle display option - an advantage over the swaro. The Leica is also half the weight. In lower light I've been able to range buildings at almost 2100 yards! Not as far with animals but easily 1500 yards - the problem tends to be hand shake at that distance and...

Leica CRF 1600 divergence is 0.5 * 2.5 mrad - it has a very tight beam

I would strongly recommend the CRF 1600. Often I find equipment upgrades are marginal improvements. Or else they are better but heavier or bigger. This is a not only much better but the same size. The only downside is the cost. Not sure how they compare to the Swarovski rangefinder but...

New CRF 1600 arrived on Friday - spent the weekend comparing with the CRF 1200 I own. Being in England I'm using meters for measuring. ----- I've had the Leica CRF 1200 for a while and I loved its compact size and light weight and the optics are excellent. However I found it didn't quite...

The dealer got back to me saying its due in the next 2 - 3 weeks - not sure if that's reliable or just trying to keep me interested! I look forward to your review MT4XFore. Or if you really are shooting kids I look forward to seeing you on the national news....

I have a Leica 1600 on order since end of August too - promise was for delivery by end Sept - not looking likely now! From your talk with Leica looks like not much hope for arrival this year! Thinking about cancelling the order as that's a very long wait!