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    Swarovski SV 8x32 Traveler FieldPro

    A lot has been written about the Swarovision 8x32. When I briefly compared the SV 8x32, SV 8.5x42 and SF 8x42 more than a year back, the SV’s appeared the sharpest. Of the two SV’s I preferred the 8x32 as it had the bigger FOV and narrower barrels to let my fingers wrap around them. That memory...
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    Binocular Apparent FOV - Does it help?

    Instead of starting a new thread I wanted to resuscitate this old thread http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=198292 that discussed AFOV, but BF rules didn't allow me to re-open it as it was a few years old. So I am starting a new thread for me to understand Apparent FOV. Let me start with...
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    When will Zeiss upgrade FL 8/10x32?

    Leica recently released the Ultravid HD-Plus in 8/10x32. By all accounts Swarovski dominates the mid sized Alpha bins with SV 8x32 considered the best out there. Will this spur Zeiss to replace the FL x32 with HT or SF x32? Zeiss might want to keep the robustness of FL by upgrading it to HT...
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