More about the series HG...
Meeting the highest demands was the top priority during the development and design of the HG binoculars from MINOX. In the best sense of the word, the engineers in Wetzlar have created high-grade sports optics with top values in every discipline. The newly developed optical system ensures fascinatingly high light transmission and thus top marks in terms of brightness and contrast. Thanks to their tapered design and housing parts made from magnesium, the HG binoculars are the lightest in the top class, attractive and ergonomic. The innovative Quick-Close Focus (QCF) perfects operation and, for the first time, enables precise distance measurements via a scale on the centre drive. On this basis, the MINOX HG generation is today's benchmark with the potential to become tomorrow's classic.
An essential quality feature of binoculars is the quality of their light transmission. MINOX engineers developed the innovative M* coating, which consists of up to 21 coatings on the glass surfaces, each adapted to the different wavelengths of visible light. The resulting increase in light transmission to an impressive 92 percent significantly improves brightness, contrast, detail and colour reproduction. The newly calculated optical system with powerful objective lens diameters of 43 mm and 52 mm and aspherical lenses for brilliant, razor-sharp images from the centre to the outer edge also contributes to this. The interior of the binoculars is filled with the noble gas argon for reliable and long-lasting protection against corrosion and fogging.
Another milestone is the mirror coating of the roof prisms using MinoBright technology. This silver-based coating ensures a 99.8 percent increase in the reflection efficiency of the mirror surface, further improving light transmission in the HG binoculars. High-tech from German glass pioneers for innovative long-range optics from the Wetzlar-based optics specialists – with this added value, MINOX continues to focus consistently on forward-looking synergies.
The Quick-Close-Focus (QCF) developed and patented by MINOX has optimised handling in an advanced way. A single turn is all it takes to focus the HG lenses from close up to infinity. This single turn enables very fast focusing at close range and precise focusing at greater distances. With the help of the distance scale on the central drive, the viewer can precisely determine the distance to the object being viewed – allowing the HG binoculars to be used for rangefinding.
The HG binoculars from MINOX weigh just 650 grams, making them the best in their class in the top segment. The designers harmoniously adapted the tapered housing shape and protective rubber coating to the lens system with a view to ensuring a natural hand position. The weight has been significantly reduced through the use of magnesium, which is also increasingly used in aircraft construction. With its significantly lower density compared to aluminium and extremely high durability, magnesium is a forward-looking material for the manufacture of binocular housings. The rubber eyepiece cups can be locked into four positions, allowing them to be adjusted even better to different eye distances. The large focusing wheel is made of metal, making it both attractive and functional. Like the diopter adjustment ring, it has a cross-shaped knurled surface, making it extremely easy to grip and slip-resistant.
The binoculars in the MINOX HG series come with an exclusive bag and a neoprene carrying strap.
