Quite impressed by these so far. The glass is by far the best glass I have ever seen in LRF binos.
Successfully lazed things out to 1800 yards.
Interface with the Kestrel meter and HUD was very easy to set up. I used the RRS cinch (cheaper polymer one) to mount to my tripod, and it worked great)
Bino setup is pretty simple and easier to do in the app, but doing it via the binos is still not bad.
The only thing that is a bit of a hassle is that the Geovids come out of the box with "Applied Ballistics Ultralight", which neuters the ballistic corrections provided by the binos to 875 yards (this is due to European laws not allowing ballistic solvers to provide solutions beyond 800 meters). The binos will of course laze past 875, but out of the box they will not give you an elevation call.
This can be solved in two ways, one is via an in-app upgrade of $150 that gives you the full Applied Ballistics (Which provides ballistic solutions out to 5,000 meters). Leica did this to get around EU laws, as you are essentially loading US-made software onto the system, not EU-made software.
The alternative is to have the binos linked to your Kestrel with AB, when connected to the kestrel, they provide elevation calls at any distance you can laze.
All in all, very nice piece of kit!
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Successfully lazed things out to 1800 yards.
Interface with the Kestrel meter and HUD was very easy to set up. I used the RRS cinch (cheaper polymer one) to mount to my tripod, and it worked great)
Bino setup is pretty simple and easier to do in the app, but doing it via the binos is still not bad.
The only thing that is a bit of a hassle is that the Geovids come out of the box with "Applied Ballistics Ultralight", which neuters the ballistic corrections provided by the binos to 875 yards (this is due to European laws not allowing ballistic solvers to provide solutions beyond 800 meters). The binos will of course laze past 875, but out of the box they will not give you an elevation call.
This can be solved in two ways, one is via an in-app upgrade of $150 that gives you the full Applied Ballistics (Which provides ballistic solutions out to 5,000 meters). Leica did this to get around EU laws, as you are essentially loading US-made software onto the system, not EU-made software.
The alternative is to have the binos linked to your Kestrel with AB, when connected to the kestrel, they provide elevation calls at any distance you can laze.
All in all, very nice piece of kit!
Let me know if you have any other questions.