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  1. tenex

    Difference in View Size: 8.5x42 and 8x30

    All this is true, but the OP isn't comparing bins of the same magnification, and didn't specify how distant his view was. The fact that objects at any distance look smaller in his Habicht than his EL is already explained by the nominal 0.5x difference in magnification (which may actually be...
  2. tenex

    Difference in View Size: 8.5x42 and 8x30

    On second thought, did you really notice a difference in AFOV here? The Habicht has the slightly larger RFOV, the EL's magnification is only modestly larger, and the angular magnification distortion of Swarovision tends to reduce AFOV. That all seems likely to add up to not much.
  3. tenex

    Difference in View Size: 8.5x42 and 8x30

    If you think things look smaller in the Habicht, that's exactly because it's only 8x compared to 8.5. So I'm not sure what "other than that" means, or what you meant to say about FOV? The real field of the two is quite similar, 408 ft vs 399, which means the apparent field of the Habicht will...
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