Leica Binoculars

About Leica

Leica produce some of the finest quality optics in the world including microscopes, equipment for the mining industry, photography equipment and binoculars. Since 1097 the Leica line has evolved and now offer the perfect binocular for virtually every use!

Based in Germany, the binocular section of the company actually comes under Leica Camera AG who also have another base in Portugal. Leica Camera AG manufacture products for photography and binoculars that are mostly aimed at bird watchers, nature observation and hunting.

Those who own a Leica binocular can be certain in the knowledge that they have optical superiority and structural reliability against almost any other brand of binocular.

>The Leica Binocular Range

Leica binoculars are divided into four main categories, that each contain a few different sizes of binoculars. There is also a subcategory of Leica compact binoculars that feature Ultravid and Trinovid Binoculars.

• Leica Ultravid Binoculars
• Leica Duovid Binoculars
• Leica Trinovid Binoculars
• Leica Geovid Binoculars
  
• Leica Compact Binoculars

>What makes Leica binoculars so special?

Unless you have just won the lottery, the decision to buy a Leica binocular will not be one that you do without much thought. Leica binoculars are not cheap, but as they often say, you get what you pay for and with a pair of Leica's, you will be getting the ultimate in binocular optics with unsurpassed sharpness, clarity, color rendition and image definition.

Most cheaper binoculars on the market are compromises between price, durability, balance, weight, size and performance. With these there is no compromise, I don't say this lightly, but Leica binoculars and spotting scopes are as close to perfection as you can get. These really are an investment and just may be the last pair of binoculars that you ever buy as Leica is is so certain of the merits and durability of their binoculars that they offer a "no fault" lifetime warranty.

>Leica Spotting Scopes

Leica spotting scopes are available in angled or straight-body designs and are perfect for nature- and bird-watchers who do not want to sacrifice performance for convenient size and weight. Leica offers other compact scopes, rubber-protected magnesium housings - waterproof up to 5 meters, and even a four-part fluoride objective lens system for superior color, definition, and accuracy.

>Leica Rangefinder Binoculars

Leica offers a few models that come with built-in laser rangefinders, with ranges that are accurate from 10-1300 yards. The fully waterproof housings are made of rugged aircraft-grade aluminum.

Leica also sell stand alone rangefinders that are both lightweight and compact, with 24mm objective lenses that provide superior optical performance in ranges to 825 meters, 7x magnification, and LED readouts that adjust to outside conditions.

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Leica 10x42 Ultravid HD Binoculars With any pair of Leica Binoculars, you know that it is a quality set of optics and these Leica 10x42 Ultravid HD Binoculars are right up there with the very best. The come with with all benefits of their HD-models including the innovative Floride lens glass that improve image contrast and colour fidelity and a water and dirt repellent coating on the lenses. Price: (6/6) Expensive Binoculars Discount Binoculars: These Leica Ultravid binoculars are discounted on Amazon.com, Eagle Optics and Binoculars.com in the USA. >> Check Prices

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Leica 10x25 Trinovid Binoculars The 10x25 Trinovid binoculars weigh less than 9 oz and have a double hinge design that allows you to collapse these Leica compact binoculars into a small enough package to fit into almost any pocket to carry with you anywhere. Quality optics also give outstanding optical performance and were highly rated in independent consumer tests. Price: (5/6) High Value Binoculars

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Leica 8x42 Ultravid HD Binoculars The Leica 8x42 Ultravid HD binoculars are your classic birding binoculars, but also include innovative features that include Floride lenses improving colour fidelity and contrast of the image, a new almost lubricant free mechanism for smoother focusing as well as a coating on the outer lenses that repels water and dirt. Make no mistake, these are binoculars of the highest quality. Price: (6/6) Expensive Binoculars Discount Binoculars: These Leica Ultravid binoculars are discounted on Amazon.com, Eagle Optics and Binoculars.com in the USA. >> Check Prices

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>Leica HD Lenses

You may see the letters HD after the name on some Leica Binoculars (eg: Leica Ultravid 8x50 HD), so exactly does it mean? The HD stands for what Leica call their High-Definition lenses all of which have:

Improved Image Quality
Leica have developed a software simulation that shows up any stray light during the processing phase of the optics. In this way they are able to eliminate stray or false light in the design and construction of the HD-models of binoculars, by changing the housing design (body), using better light absorbing paint and adjusting the apertures of the lenses.

Increased Light Transmission
Their already extremely high levels of light transmission on their standard lenses have according to them also been increased by a further 3% through further improvements of their anti-reflex coating and reflective layer on the prisms of the binoculars, giving you what Leica says is an optimum degree of image brightness with a consistent level of colour fidelity.

Fluoride Lenses
All Leica HD Binoculars have a new fluoride (FL) lens glass, that are to a large extent made up of calcium fluoride that improves the image contrast and colour fidelity to give you a more natural and impressive view by correcting aberration (imaging errors) allot more and creating a very low level of dispersion (light scattering).

>Leica AquaDuraTM-Coating

Many of the Leica high end binoculars have a "hydrophobic coating" that have water and dirt repelling properties, that not only repel water, they are have more resistance to abrasions and make it much easier to remove your fingerprints and dirt particles from the lenses. Lenses treated with the hydrophobic coating allow water to just roll off them. Many Zeiss Binoculars have a similar coating on their lenses, known as LotuTec coating by Zeiss.

The image below demonstrates the diference between the AquaDura coated lens on the left hand side and the uncoated lens on the right.

>New Smoother Focusing System

Many of Leica's binoculars including all those in the Ultravid HD series now have a new focusing mechanism that uses teflon discs with almost no lubricant. This means that you get smooth focusing across the whole range and at all temperatures, including as they say as low as -25°C, where they say other binoculars would fail. I am not sure that I will get to test this out, so will just have to believe Leica here! I did not know this before, but apparently in cold conditions the conventional greased focusing mechanism found on most binoculars sometimes only work with difficulty and at higher temperatures they move too freely. I had noticed that in higher temperatures it is easier to move the focusing wheel, but it has never been a problem. According to Leica, normal focusing mechanisms can feel "sticky" at higher temperatures and there is even a risk that grease can escape and run on the lens, this "risk" has been eliminated with their new mechanism as they work practically without lubricants.

>Leica Contact Details

North American Office
Leica Camera Inc.
Phone: 800-222-0118
Email: technicalinfo@leicacamerausa.com

UK Office
Leica Camera Limited
Davy Avenue
Knowlhill
MK5 8LB Milton Keynes
Tel: 01908 256400
Email: sales@leica-camera.co.uk