Hmmm. Sounds like I need a lesson in rangefinding technologies.
I own the Geovid 15 x 56 HD as well as the Zeiss 8 x 45 RF. Didn't need the rangefinder on the 15x's (I wanted the exceptional optics quality for my tripod mounted use of these) but fell in love with the concept with my handhelds. Saving critical seconds in using a separate rangefinder can mean the difference between whacking a once-in-a-lifetime animal (or a $20k one) and losing him.
The Leica's have the laser beam leaving the bino from the center hinge pin......not thru the barrels. Does it return thru the barrels........and therefore the optical quality of the barrels needs to suffer accordingly? Or is the laser the pulsing type that reads upon sending only and doesn't return to the unit to quote yards?
The Zeiss laser originates from inside a barrel. Consequently, Zeiss didn't make this bino with the Flourite HD glass.......whether or not it returns thru a barrel (if it returns at all)........and I fully understand.
Can anyone please enlighten me?
Last edited by StripBuckHunter; 03/07/14.
