Leica Geovid - Binoculars ( laser ) 8 x 56 BRF - waterproof - roof - black

size, usability, price

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reliability

90% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Everthing about Leica binoculars

Case / harness bulky and cumbersome. I have replaced it with normal strap.

The amount of light that the binoculars let in is incredible. I don't think you will get much better than these for the money!

I little bit heavy when carrying them around all day.

Beautifully made. Very light (for use backpacking). Much greater field of view than I expected. The image quality in magnification mode is remarkable. Very minimal turn for full range of focus. Close focus is approx 5'

Nor sure that the supplied leather case is particularly robust and functional. Supplied lanyard is too short to go around the neck - and I bought a longer one (although strong, neither smack of the usual quality you'd associate with Leica and I feel...

Just good all round binoculars

Excellent for a monocular and handy as a close focus tool

Expensive and twice the size of Nikon monocular

Brighter and lighter than my old trinovids (this could be down to my old ones being 20 years old and being slung in the boot of the car after use)

None yet

A top quality piece of equipment - and you pay for what you get

A bit awkward getting into the case with wrist strap on but wouldn't want the case to be any bigger to accommodate so ok

The best monocular money can buy. Very bright and sharp, excellent colour saturation and contrast. The close-up lens attachment is surprisingly high quality. The case is strong and well-made and of an ingenious design. For me, the monocular focuses as...

The image quality drops away a bit towards the edge (the outer 20% or so) but this is to be expected in any device which doesn't have field-flattening lenses like top of the range binoculars costing four figure sums. But that isn't comparing like with...