I got it in early 1990 and used it as my primary binocular for more than 10 years when I got a discontinued Leica 7x42 Trinovid BN around 2004. GaryMH from Zeiss can determine their age from their SN. They have the red dot and the binocular says it is made in Portugal. I have a Leitz 7x42 Trinovid BA with Green Armoring. Last but not least, keep in mind that the most significant difference between these binos over the years is the eye relief.
Although you can get the gimp-suit edition (rubber armored), which has a red logo where the leitz text stands out. The issue I have with the newer red ones is that they are not embossed. I personally prefer the black circular Wetzlar logo with embossed text. Regardless of phase coating or not, It's still a fantastic bino with a real nice retro feel.
Leitz binoculars 6 x 24 7x42 trinovid 10x40 8x32 upgrade#
Also, Leitz/Leica did not upgrade their compact line with phase coatings until they redesigned them in the mid 1990's (center logo instead of offset). Perhaps there were some early prototypes for evaluation purposes, but I'm quite certain that if they had been in production Leitz/Leica would have pushed this fact in their advertisement (as they did with other models).įurthermore, it's even more unlikely since Zeiss came up with phase coating in production binos about a year before the Leitz Trinovids reached the end of their production era and were replaced by the Leica Trinovids (that are phase coated).
I've seen various unsubstantiated notations that the very last batch of Leitz trinovids would have some sort of "experimental" phase coating. As far as I know none of the Leitz binos have phase coating.
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