VX5HD Glass Brighter Than Zeiss Conquest Bino Glass in Low Light

[General RE LEE]

I've compared the low light capability of my Leupold VX5HD scope and my Zeiss Conquest HD 10x42 binos in low light and I give the edge to the Leupold VX5HD scope.

Is the glass in Leupold binos as bright as their scope line? I am considering swapping out my Zeiss Conquests for Leupolds if they are as bright. The Zeiss Conquests are some very fine binoculars BTW.

 

[MidGAHunter]

I'm assuming you compared the scope at 10 power to your binos?

 

[General RE LEE]

I'm assuming you compared the scope at 10 power to your binos?

Yes


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[Wapiti1]

Leupold's binocs are made in China and Japan since the gold ring line is gone. The scopes are made here (assembled at least).

Glass is not shared between the lines because Leupold is contracting the binoc production from some OEM overseas and they source their own glass to meet the specification Leupold gave them.

Leupold buys the glass for the scopes direct from the glass OEM.

They probably have a line of binocs that is as good or better than Conquests, but I don't know which those might be. The new BX4 and 5 lines are supposed to be pretty good.

Jeremy

 

[JoeDirt]

Whats the specs on the scope? 50mm at 10x is still a larger exit pupil than the binos.

 

[General RE LEE]

Whats the specs on the scope? 50mm at 10x is still a larger exit pupil than the binos.

44 mm objective on scope and 42mm objective on binos.