Widest FOV?

[karmantra]

Got an old pair of porro 7x35 'Ranger Deluxe' binos that has stamped on it 'extra wide view, 11 degrees, 578 feet at 1000 yards'. Not a stunning view through these binos, but it does show a wide vista! Any other porros that show that wide a view, or wider? Just curious, don't see anything new that seems to be wider than 480' in porros or roofs.

[FrankD]

In terms of a high quality image the widest ones I am aware of are the Nikon 8x30 EIIs at around 8.8 degrees. I think the inexpensive Nikon Action are around 9.2 degrees if memory serves me but I cannot think of any wider...

...maybe the Bushnell "Xtra Wide" series? I know there is a wide field of view with those but they are very distorted around a good percentage of the field of view.

[Tero]

Audubon Raptor 8x42 at 430ft./1000 yds.
Anybody rate these yet?

Nikon Binoculars Action EX Extreme 7x35
489 ft./1000 yds

There may be others at 7x. Why is there no 7x40?

[ceasar]

Tero,
If you can stand Individual Focus you can still get "Checkpoint Charlie" 7 x 40 military binoculars from Deutsche Optik in Yerington, Nevada. www.DeutscheOptik.com. They come with a reticle which you can remove if you are handy and they have a 148 meter FOV. They are reconditioned and cost $399.00. A friend of mine has a couple of them. They aren't too bad. They have huge porro prisms, oversize oculars and a yellow caste to their view. They are rather heavy.
Bob

[Swedpat]

Look at these examples, I have cutted the adresses to prevent destroying the width of the page:

http://www.telescope.com/shopping/product/
detailmain.jsp?itemID=353&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=5&iSubCat=37&iProductID=353

Or even worse, likely the widest ever existing AFOV:

http://www.telescope.com/shopping/product/
detailmain.jsp?itemID=9582&itemType=PRODUCT&RS=1&keyword=

[Tero]

Swede, it will actually shorten the link automatically, you don't need to.

I think I can live with 400ft at 1000 yds for FOV. For roof prisms, maybe 350ft is all I can hope to get.

[lucznik]

Swede, it will actually shorten the link automatically, you don't need to.

I think I can live with 400ft at 1000 yds for FOV. For roof prisms, maybe 350ft is all I can hope to get.

350' is definately not the top end FOV for roof prisms.

in 7x
Bushnell Discoverer - 420'

in 8x
Cabela's Alaskan Guide - 368'
Leupold Gold Ring - 380'
Bushnell Elite - 372'
Nikon Premier LXL - 366'
Zeiss Victory FL - 405'
Leica Ultravid - 388'
Swarovski EL - 390'
Leica Geovid - 373'
Leica Duovid - 362' (obviously, only @ the 8x setting)

in 10x
O.k. well you've got me here. I don't know of a 10x with a FOV that even reaches 350'. The closest I am aware of is the Bushnell Discoverer which offers 341'. Everything else seems to range from 262' (Leupold Olympic) to 331' (Leica Geovid)

[DavidP]

350' is definately not the top end FOV for roof prisms.

in 7x
Bushnell Discoverer - 420'

in 8x
Cabela's Alaskan Guide - 368'
Leupold Gold Ring - 380'
Bushnell Elite - 372'
Nikon Premier LXL - 366'
Zeiss Victory FL - 405'
Leica Ultravid - 388'
Swarovski EL - 390'
Leica Geovid - 373'
Leica Duovid - 362' (obviously, only @ the 8x setting)

in 10x
O.k. well you've got me here. I don't know of a 10x with a FOV that even reaches 350'. The closest I am aware of is the Bushnell Discoverer which offers 341'. Everything else seems to range from 262' (Leupold Olympic) to 331' (Leica Geovid)



Its 461 ft at 1000yds for the Nikon EII 8x30

[cbushme]

350' is definately not the top end FOV for roof prisms.

in 7x
Bushnell Discoverer - 420'

in 8x
Cabela's Alaskan Guide - 368'
Leupold Gold Ring - 380'
Bushnell Elite - 372'
Nikon Premier LXL - 366'
Zeiss Victory FL - 405'
Leica Ultravid - 388'
Swarovski EL - 390'
Leica Geovid - 373'
Leica Duovid - 362' (obviously, only @ the 8x setting)

in 10x
O.k. well you've got me here. I don't know of a 10x with a FOV that even reaches 350'. The closest I am aware of is the Bushnell Discoverer which offers 341'. Everything else seems to range from 262' (Leupold Olympic) to 331' (Leica Geovid)


In 10x the Nikon EII (porro) gives a FOV of 366'.
The Nikon HG/LX (roof) in 10x32 gives a FOV of 340'.

The Nikon HG/LX (roof) in 8x32 gives a FOV of 408'.

Personally I love wide FOV. The more I get the happier I am, assuming it's usable.

[Tero]

lucznik, I hadn't researched it. I was thinking of my preferences, which are 8.5x or 10x for roof prism.

Here is a Leica with over 400ft
http://www.eagleoptics.com/index.asp?dept=1&type=19&purch=1&pid=4000