Leica Trinovid 8x42 HD

Een tijdlang heb ik zitten dubben tussen een verrekijker van Leica of Swarovski, aangezien ik een beginnende 'vogelaar' ben en niet wist of deze nieuwe hobby mij zou liggen. Aangezien Swarovski geen kijker had in dit prijssegment, heb ik voor deze instap Leica gekozen en er geen spijt van gehad. Het is een robuuste kijker en het beeld is buitengewoon goed te noemen. Het kost wel wat (het blijft tenslotte een Leica), maar dan heb je ook wat!

What was Leica thinking of when they broke with tradition and provided a fine binocular with two serious flaws. 1. The trinovid HD is provided without a case, but with a crazy uncomfortable one-size-fits all halter. 2. The strap eyelets are smaller than standard so you cannot use a standard sized Leica strap. Instead you are forced to use the cheap skinny strap that was provided with the binoculars. bad design does not usually make it out of the factory, but these Portuguese-made binocs have two glaring errors which don't affect the optical quality but do make the glasses less usable.

I have been a birder for 45 years, my wife for 30. She wanted a smaller (8x) pair of bins. I had bought her the Nikon Premiers, but with not too much use they quite frankly fell apart. Being to much of a procrastinator to send them in for repair, I got her these for xmas. She loves them, and I like to look through them as well, but I do like by Swarovski EL 10x's for my everyday birding. Light weight and very sharp. The case/strap they come with is not good, but hardly a problem.

brilliant, arrived when expected and packaged well. Really good value for money

Was unable to try in a store so I just guessed what Bins would be best for me. I love the glass in these, they feel heavy but that goes with the quality of glass. Not crazy about the fact there was no case and only the harness. Have only used the harness around the house but not sure how I feel about it yet. the other negative was that the cover from the eye piece is attached to the harness strap of neck strap. I will interchange using these two items so I need to purchase a permanent strap to hold the cover when not in use. Those are the only reason they don't get the 5 star. But the focus and all the other features are great and worthy of a 5 star rating.