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  1. Renze de Vries

    Leica Noctivid 8x42 design flaws and review - owners please check

    Exceptional line rider, a tour de force. Took him a month of his spare time to create, he says. Convincing. Renze
  2. Renze de Vries

    Leica Noctivid 8x42 design flaws and review - owners please check

    Hi Tobias, I agree with Edmund that if you see veiling glare, then it's there. Ruling out possible sources is a good thing, but not a remedy, yet. More in general, I was pleased you called your review 'preliminary'. So it's open for correction. If I may give you some advise, reconsider your...
  3. Renze de Vries

    Leica Noctivid 8x42 design flaws and review - owners please check

    Very, very nice. There's a lot of wisdom here. A very serious problem in these quarters is that in binocular evaluation we never specify our instruments, i.e. our eyes. We just do if our eyes are of superb, undisputable, objective quality. Possibly because we are completely unable to ascertain...
  4. Renze de Vries

    Leica Noctivid 8x42 design flaws and review - owners please check

    Ed, Thank you. Yes indeed, I will never be able to see my Leica's in the light of old. But note the rewards: I see birds in the flesh, accompanied by the complete soundtrack of Finian's Rainbow. Now, how about you, Swarovskian? Renze
  5. Renze de Vries

    Leica Noctivid 8x42 design flaws and review - owners please check

    I see that bird watching has taken on a whole new meaning...
  6. Renze de Vries

    Leica Noctivid 8x42 design flaws and review - owners please check

    Indeed Bill, I also checked for these phenomena in Leica's Ultravids and yes, I found them there too. All Ultravids, from the first generation BL and BR's 'till the HD+ types, show these rainbows. However they are at different spots, on the 10 and 2 o'çlock and the 4 and 8 positions. Comparing...
  7. Renze de Vries

    Leica Noctivid 8x42 design flaws and review - owners please check

    Motivated by Holger's alternative suggestions to explain Tobias' complaint of flare and glare, I once again took a dive into the Noctivid's internals and I found this (see my picture - an original work of art). Under certain conditions with strong sun light entering the binocular in a specific...
  8. Renze de Vries

    Leica Noctivid 8x42 design flaws and review - owners please check

    Canip, Those spikes you mention, what do they look like? How can I recognize them? Renze
  9. Renze de Vries

    Leica Noctivid 8x42 design flaws and review - owners please check

    Andreas, Thank you! Sometimes my head is not where it should be. Tobias, Excuse me please. Renze
  10. Renze de Vries

    Leica Noctivid 8x42 design flaws and review - owners please check

    I just performed the (dangerous!) test of trying to induce flare or other nasty phenomena in my Noctivid 8x42. I looked almost straight into the sun and given correct eye position the results were exceptionally good. Absolutely no flare whatsoever. In comparison to Leica Ultravid 7x42 HD+ and...
  11. Renze de Vries

    Leica Noctivid 8x42 design flaws and review - owners please check

    Andreas, 1. Excuse me for asking, but did you make absolutely sure your objective lenses were/are perfectly clean? 2. See Mike's post 20. What happens if you use the Noctivid upside down and check for flare? As the sun could reach the bolts more easily this way, one would expect flare to...
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