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Leica's New Geovid HD-B
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<blockquote data-quote="Toddm" data-source="post: 829899" data-attributes="member: 19522"><p>Any more updates on these or experiences? They still don't seem to be hitting the market in any numbers with hunting season right around the corner you'd think Leica would want them out in full force while they are the latest and greatest. </p><p></p><p>Oh to answer my own question it appears the trade off with the new prisms (not really new) is compactness seems the new prisms need a slightly longer package, but have less path changes which gains them the light transmission and wider field of view. </p><p></p><p>More concerning is Outdoor Life just did a review of the 2013 new binoculars, and in the "optical quality" (hard to say how that was judged,) but they only received a B+. That's a worse optical score than the $500 Nikon Monarchs received, worse than the $400 sightmark solitudes, and the same score as a $450 pair of Alpen's scored. I put little faith in magazine reviews but if true that's a pretty poor showing unless they have it out for Leicas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Toddm, post: 829899, member: 19522"] Any more updates on these or experiences? They still don't seem to be hitting the market in any numbers with hunting season right around the corner you'd think Leica would want them out in full force while they are the latest and greatest. Oh to answer my own question it appears the trade off with the new prisms (not really new) is compactness seems the new prisms need a slightly longer package, but have less path changes which gains them the light transmission and wider field of view. More concerning is Outdoor Life just did a review of the 2013 new binoculars, and in the "optical quality" (hard to say how that was judged,) but they only received a B+. That's a worse optical score than the $500 Nikon Monarchs received, worse than the $400 sightmark solitudes, and the same score as a $450 pair of Alpen's scored. I put little faith in magazine reviews but if true that's a pretty poor showing unless they have it out for Leicas. [/QUOTE]
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