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Leica Sport Optics USA announces the Geovid Max 10x42, the most advanced rangefinding binocular the brand has built and the new flagship of the Geovid line. Engineered and built in Europe, Geovid Max (MSRP $3,999.00) combines optics, laser ranging, ballistics and navigation in a single instrument, giving hunters and long-range shooters a complete decision-making tool in the field rather than a collection of separate devices.

Geovid Max is designed around convergence rather than addition. A next-generation laser engine, an all-new high-contrast display, embedded Applied Ballistics and open integration with leading mapping platforms work together as a single unit, so the user moves from spotting to ranging to a firing solution without changing tools. It is not an incremental update to the Geovid range - it is a step change in what a rangefinding binocular can do.

At the heart of Geovid Max is an all-new, best-in-class laser that ranges targets at up to 8,200 yards / 7,498 metres reflective and returns a reading in as little as 0.3 seconds. It is an eye-safe, invisible class 1 laser certified to EN and FDA standards. Scan and single-measurement modes, three selectable target modes (first, best and last) and an integrated angle sensor deliver equivalent horizontal range from 10 yards out to the full reach of the instrument.

Geovid Max introduces what Leica describes as the industry’s brightest and most customizable display: a 640x480 pixel active-matrix microLED engineered for immediate readability in any light, from low dawn cover to bright open ground. Users can tailor the heads-up display, choose from selectable reticle shapes and read elevation and windage as holdover, click or unit corrections.

Applied Ballistics Elite is embedded onboard, so Geovid Max calculates a full firing solution - including wind and elevation - directly on any target ranged, with no connection to a phone or Kestrel required. The unit also computes WEZ (Weapon Employment Zone) hit-probability in real time. Up to 30 rifle profiles can be stored through the Leica Ballistics app, and users can print custom dope cards for the range or the field.

Onboard atmospheric, temperature and station-pressure sensors feed the ballistic solution automatically, while live wind updates can be drawn from a Kestrel or Calypso device. GPS target marking links to OnX, BaseMap and Google Maps, and the Leica ProTrack function guides the user back to a marked location. Firing solutions can be pushed to a Garmin or Apple Watch, a Kestrel or Kestrel HUD, extending the data beyond the binocular itself.

Geovid Max delivers up to 91% light transmission through Leica’s Perger-Porro prism system and HDC multilayer and AquaDura coatings, for bright, high-contrast images with edge-to-edge resolution. The magnesium, nitrogen-filled housing is waterproof to 16 ft / 5 m and built to withstand real backcountry use, making it, in Leica’s words, the toughest rangefinding binocular it has made.

Geovid Max is the top tier of a three-model Geovid family, sitting above the technical-hunter Geovid Pro and the standard-hunter Geovid R. It is offered in a single 10x42 configuration in Flat Dark Earth and ships with a contoured neoprene carrying strap, front lens cover, eyepiece caps, a cordura case and battery.

“Geovid Max brings together everything we have learned in three decades of rangefinding into one instrument,” said Ryan Holm, Director of Marketing for Leica Sport Optics in the US. “We set out to give hunters and long-range shooters a single tool they can trust to range, calculate and guide, with the optical quality Leica is known for. Ranging, ballistics and navigation now work as one system, and that changes what is possible in the field.”