Zeiss Victory SF or Leica Noctivid binoculars

[flytie]

Dear all, I need binoculars with a larger interpupillary distance than my present Swarovski EL 8.5 x 42 WB Swarobrights. I've narrowed the choice to the Zeiss Victory SF's (black ones) or Leica Noctivid's. Believe me, the 1mm makes all the difference!

Does anyone have any experience on which make have the better low light performance please?

Thanks in adavance, Simon

 

[Klenchblaize]

If you are unable to get your hands on a pair of each I suggest researching the pros & cons of the models in question c/o this site:

Binoculars

www.birdforum.net

K

 

[flytie]

Thanks KB,

I'd found that site and there are few, if any, of what the Americans would call "hunters" on it, and people seem to be very fan-boyish about their particular favourites. A dispassionate and impartial review from a stalker who'd handled and used both would have been nice. There's a shop in the same county as me which have both the bin's mentioned in stock so I'll have to work in a trip to it and settle in my mind which works best in low light, to my eyes.

S.

 

[Steff]

I don‘t have any first hand experience but I have read reviews on a German optics forum on the Noctivid. The consensus seems to be that people are underwhelmed by it.

 

[Klenchblaize]

If you want low light bins look no further but I can’t confirm if they tick your IPD requirement:

New Zeiss Victory HT 8x54 review from Allbinos

Arek has just added a review of the HT 8x54 at: Carl Zeiss Victory HT 8x54 - binoculars review - AllBinos.com In the review there is also a link to a table of the main optical specifications for the previous Zeiss 8x56 offerings. And as usual there is also a transmission graph. Gijs has also...

www.birdforum.net

K

 

[GWP]

I have Zeiss Victory 10x50 better than the Leica 10x50 at last light and more comfortable to use

 

[flytie]

I have Zeiss Victory 10x50 better than the Leica 10x50 at last light and more comfortable to use

10x54?

 

[GWP]

Sorry my mistake 10x42