I just picked up a set of new Leupold tactical binoculars for "bird", of the shit species variety watching. I opted for the version with the reticle. Definitely not necessary for my intended purpose, but for a couple bucks more why not.
The reticle is what Leupold calls a MIL-L reticle. Basically a simple L shaped reticle with half mil marks and 2/10 mil marks at 5 and 10 mils. A neat feature is being able to rotate the reticle, which gives you the benefit to range objects that are not perfectly vertical or horizontal. The reticle gives you 40 mils for both horizontal and vertical stadia. The reticle is located on the left eye piece.
While viewing through the binos, I find the reticle to be unobtrusive while easy to read.
Since this is my first pair of Leupold binos im unaware where they are normally produced, but this set is made in Japan. I've only had the chance to use them during the day and the clarity is excellent from edge to edge.
The binos come with a coyote brown padded molle case, malice clips, lens covers for both obj and ocu, a neck strap and cleaning cloth. The padded case is a nice touch, especially if you have a molle pack to attach it to. My only complaint is the shitty lense covers. The objective covers do not stay on. I'm either going to tape them in place or replace them with BC caps.
+1 in my book for these binos.
Eye cups in
Eye cups out
Shitty lense covers
Mounted on a PRS tripod
Crappy cellphone pic of the mil-L reticle
The reticle is what Leupold calls a MIL-L reticle. Basically a simple L shaped reticle with half mil marks and 2/10 mil marks at 5 and 10 mils. A neat feature is being able to rotate the reticle, which gives you the benefit to range objects that are not perfectly vertical or horizontal. The reticle gives you 40 mils for both horizontal and vertical stadia. The reticle is located on the left eye piece.
While viewing through the binos, I find the reticle to be unobtrusive while easy to read.
Since this is my first pair of Leupold binos im unaware where they are normally produced, but this set is made in Japan. I've only had the chance to use them during the day and the clarity is excellent from edge to edge.
The binos come with a coyote brown padded molle case, malice clips, lens covers for both obj and ocu, a neck strap and cleaning cloth. The padded case is a nice touch, especially if you have a molle pack to attach it to. My only complaint is the shitty lense covers. The objective covers do not stay on. I'm either going to tape them in place or replace them with BC caps.
+1 in my book for these binos.
Eye cups in
Eye cups out
Shitty lense covers
Mounted on a PRS tripod
Crappy cellphone pic of the mil-L reticle
