LEICA DUOVID 8/12×42 black
Enjoy the great outdoors with the Leica Duovid 8/12×42 Black. This quality design provides steady views and includes optical lenses that feature a superior coating. These binoculars are designed with a convenient switchable magnification feature, allowing you to use the lower magnification setting for searching out subjects in a larger viewing field and then increasing the magnification for closer viewing details. The Leica Duovid binoculars feature automatic diopter compensation that is adjustable for switching power as well as significant pulling power. An optional tripod adapter is available for this model and may be considered for 12x magnification or when needed for extended observation time.
Use this quality setup for your next birding adventure or even watching up-close sporting action from high in the stadium. The Leica Duovid binoculars feature waterproof and fog-proof lens coating and include PRIMS internal focusing, to ensure they maintain a particular length when needed. The Leica Duovid 8+12×42 binoculars offer a significant departure from other models. As its name implies, this pair actually features two magnifications in one. It switches between 8x and 12x settings easily. These are not zoomed binoculars, but rather they feature two fixed magnifications that the viewer can toggle between them.
If you’re looking for a pair of multifunction binoculars that offer excellent optics, as well as eye relief, then the Leica Duovid binoculars are the ideal pair for you.
Key Features of the Leica Duovid 8/12×42 Black
- Darker at their highest magnification, but that’s to be expected as the exit pupil decreases
- Offers excellent color fidelity, without a hint of aberration or distortion
- Come in at a weight of 37 ounces
- Waterproof, Fogproof
More traditional zoom binoculars focus
The more traditional zoom binoculars focus on every setting between the lowest and highest magnification. The Leica Duovid binoculars dial to intermediate settings, but they are not calibrated to allow the eyepiece matching expected at the extremes. Trying to use mismatched magnification can lead to poor optics and eye strain, and the manufacturer recommends against doing so.
Switching mechanism
The switching mechanism on this model is simple to operate. All the user has to do is apply a one-quarter twist to a rubber ring on both ocular lenses. This action is deliberately stiff to help prevent it from happening accidentally, but it’s not difficult to use. Users will have to lower their binoculars while making adjustments and then lift them again.
Completely sealed and nitrogen-purged
The Duovid’s are completely sealed and nitrogen-purged, making them waterproof to a depth of up to 16.4 feet as well as being fog-proof.
Lens is phase-coated
Each lens is phase-coated to help prevent color aberration as well as being multicoated to increase scratch resistance and maximize light transmission. The Duovid’s are an optically beautiful pair of binoculars, and the image is tack sharp right to its field edges.
360-foot field of view when set at 8x, and 270 feet
The Leica Duovid binoculars offer a 360-foot field of view when set at 8x, and 270 feet when adjusted to 12x. The minimum close focus at 8x is 12 feet while at 12x it increases to approximately 15 feet.
Diopter adjustment knob
The diopter adjustment knob is located right in front of the focus knob and can be adjusted +/- 3 diopters, with the aid of a very sensitive mechanism. The diopter also automatically compensates so that sharpness is retained when the magnification is switched
- MPN – 40400
- GTIN – 4022243404007
