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    Binocular Evolution I: Field of View

    Exactly.
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    Binocular Evolution I: Field of View

    Absolutely, the 12.5° Tasco 7x35 is a ridiculous 10 mm. You have to put your eyes right up against the glass, your eyelashes get in the way. Yet the Bushnell 10° has 14. I think the Sears 13.5 has 8mm of eye relief.
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    Binocular Evolution I: Field of View

    All the other Japanese wide fields I have Bushnell/Tamron and FPO, Tasco and Swifts are all high index BaK4 , except for the swift Sport King and it’s the worst one with the distortion.
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    Binocular Evolution I: Field of View

    I should've said rolling eye, its a residual pincushion effect. It's extremely noticeable on some of the 11° and up. I have a few of them and I'm not sure why some are worse than others. I have a Swift sport king which is the worst of all of the 11th degree wide fields I have at the moment. Yet...
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    Binocular Evolution I: Field of View

    Kimmik, Maybe a bad choice of words on my part. I agree the new wide field roof binoculars (not so wide) are a different animal and technology. I think if the latest and greatest ever get over 10° + , it would be a complete game changer. Ad IS and were in a whole different world. Like going...
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    Binocular Evolution I: Field of View

    FOV is like a fad, that comes around every generation or so. So many of us today talk about wide field binoculars being 8 to 8.5 degrees. Truly that’s not really wide. The vintage high quality binos from the 50’s to the 80’s are the true wide field binoculars With 10 to over 13 degrees.
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