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Sako75,

Fluorite is for correction chromatic aberration, I don't recall ever reading about any other virtues.

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Fluoride lenses
"With the help of new fluoride (FL) glass, in Leica HD models the color fidelity and contrast of images is further improved. Optical FL lenses are to a large part made up of calcium fluoride, a mineral with a crystalline structure. Unlike conventional optical lenses, this creates a very low level of dispersion (light scattering) and corrects aberration (imaging errors) significantly better. So as a result, the viewing experience is more natural and impressive than it has ever been before." http://www.leica-camera.us/nature_observation/ultravid_binoculars/ultravid_hd_range/



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The new HD binoculars only come with a 1-year warranty?

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Lifetime Passport Warranty


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Leica should indeed offer a 7X32 Ultravid. THAT would be a useful item - more so than the 10X32s are in my opinion.

Other than that, if I made it habit to trade-in binoculars every time some top manufacturer, in this case Leica, decided to upgrade with some new lens coating and then add a slightly new product name to that sort of effort, I'd nickle & dime myself to death on such transactions every year, especially considering the declining value of the Dollar versus the Euro.

I'm thinking I'll stick with my current Ultravids for the forseeable future.

I know guys who have used the same old Leitz Trinovids and Zeiss Classics around the world for hunting for the last 30 + years, and they don't seem to have suffered too much for the use of such progrssively obsolete, but still excellent, optical technology, so I don't think I'm going to be in a rush to upgrade this time around, either.

It's time to break a bad habit........ wink

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Me too. 7X32 Ultravid. E

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Yep, I'd buy them tomorrow. Why can't anyone see the light on the 7x32 size?

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Personally, I'd like to see a 6x32 offered...... but I could live with a 7x32!

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"Just got off the phone with one of the Leica USA reps, concerning my query regarding the "pending obsolescence" of my year old Ultravids. He said, apart from easy clean coatings and improvements to the focus drive I would not likely experience any improvements in "clarity and overall optical performance" when comparing the existing Ultavids with the new HDs.

If true, this should be welcome news to those of us who plunked down a lot of dollars in the past year or so.

Also, there are no plans at the moment to reissue the Duovid line with HD glass." - got this off another forum


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Why the popularity of a 7x binocular? I'm curious.

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Must say, I don't care for the use of "plastic" in their focusing mechanism. Knowing Leica, though, I'm sure there up to snuff.

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From my understanding the 7x generally offers incredible field of view.

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My 4 year old clearance Leica 8x30s are better than i need and certainly deserve.

Anybody have a suggestion for a high powered bino for antelope/deer/cyote on the plains and high parks? I read Rick's article and got the bug. My Nikon and really old Redfield spotters and all of their required accessories usually sit out the season in the case on the back seat. A high powered bino makes more sense.

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We are currently offering the Minox 15x58's that was reviewed on the homepage @ $749.99. You might want to consider it


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I'll check them out while at my part time job at Sportsman's Warehouse tomorrow and I'll recheck your site later this evening. I may end up back with the Leica and Swaro bunch.

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Originally Posted by taz4570
Anybody have a suggestion for a high powered bino for antelope/deer/cyote on the plains and high parks?
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Your 4 year old clearance Leica 8x30's......... wink

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They are always around my neck. I'm looking for something to use when glassing from the truck or higher ground.


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Agree with the guys who suggest 6x or 7x 32's.
Those powers are just so right for my hunting. Much easier to use than 8x or higher powers.
I'm not opposed to higher powered binox at all, for use where that extra power is useful. In fact, for birding here in Michigan, 8x's and above might serve well. But, for woods hunting, and in swamps, 6x or 7x is the only route to go, by a very wide margin, not a slim marigin at all.

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So when can we buy these new Ultravids?




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They should be available by the end of the year


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