Re: Newcon rangefinder reviews please!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Keith Johns</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Augustus</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I looked on Newcons website, I could not find any info on beam shape and divergence. Usually if this is not listed the beam divergence is something the manufacturer does not want to talk about. I suspect the divergence will be in the 2 by 4 mil range, if so you will be disappointed trying to range game animals at long range in flat or rolling terrain.
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Meaning you have to range large objects because the beam is large? So instead of ranging the actual target you'd have to pick something large near it? Like a boulder or hillside below the target </div></div>
Exactly. And the more I play with these things, the more convinced that is what happens more often than not. Try to laze a skylined steel plate and see how far some of these rangefinders will give you a reading. The Bushy 1600 is 2 mil x 4 mil. The Leica 1600B is .5 mil x 1.5 mil and the Terrapin is .4 mil x 1.4 mil. Size of the beam, optics in front of it, atmospheric conditions, type of target, color, angle to LRF all have an enormous bearing on what you can range and how far.
I was out comparing the Leica to the Elite 1600 in bright daylight the other day and both could laze a business sign at 1594 yards instantly. The Elite then gave me a reading of 1525 yds. of a white metal roof that the Leica could not laze. Hmm... After a bit of playing I found that the Bushy was *actually* giving me a reading off of the wall below the roof. The Leica's beam is so small, that it could differentiate between the two. When I lazed the wall, I immediately got 1526 yds. from the Leica.
Food for thought.
John
