Leica 8X32 Geovid Pro

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I haven’t looked through them, my optics guy says they are fantastic. I get them Monday, it will be something if they are as good as my Swarovski NL Pure 8X32.

I am hoping they are what he says, I will sell my Swarovski range finding EL binoculars if he is right. The 8X32 size of binoculars hits the sweet spot for size and magnification.

 

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I got the binoculars and took them out shooting gophers with my bow. They are bigger/heavier than I expected. The view is easy with glasses. They are clear and bright.

The range finder isn’t instant, it takes a few seconds to turn on. The objective lens covers won’t stay on or in. They are considerably larger than my Swarovski NL pure 8x32 binoculars.



Not really a stellar introduction so far, but I’m going to keep up the field trials until I decide to keep them or go back to Swarovski…

 

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Here is a size comparison with the Swarovski EL range 10X42, and the 8X32 NL Pure...

 

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I’ve had them out several times, I am not really impressed.

If I keep them, I won’t get rid of my Swarovski NL Pure 8X32 binoculars.

The delay for the rangefinder is a couple seconds, I don’t like that at all.

I called Hamilton at Leica and he said there is no way to speed up the range finding mode, it takes 2 seconds to warm up.

They are smaller than my Swarovski 10X42 EL rangefinding binoculars, I need a side by side comparison to see what I will keep and what I will let go…