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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dustyview" data-source="post: 1529321" data-attributes="member: 76316">The 8x Yosemites were able to resolve the smaller text better under the same conditions, but two caveats: 1) they were the 8x30 (I've tried the 6x in a store but never owned one); 2) this was based on a sample of one.The bottom line is that if I were to buy another 6x/6.5x small porro to keep, at this point I would bet on the Yosemite being slightly better, but that's based on looking through one Raptor and three Yosemites, and only really spending extended time with one.For me this is all a moot point, though.  The E2 7x26s may have a slightly smaller FOV but the usable FOV seems about the same, and they are overall sharper and have more of that "porro effect" I like, despite the fact that the objectives are closer together (so I guess, for me, it's not enhanced "binocular vision" but something else).  The Raptors are a bit brighter in twilight, but not enough to really matter for my uses.  I was hoping the Raptor's image quality would be closer to the E2, in which case they would make a great knock-around pair for the house, but since I'm keeping the E2s anyway, the Raptors have been (as they say in England) made redundant and will be going back.  I don't want to seem to be slamming them too hard, though.  If a person didn't have a low-powered pair for back yard/woodland/other close-in birding, these would be OK, and if Vortex can work with the manufacturer to eliminate that abrupt focus fall-off about 2/3-3/4 out from the center they would be great for the price.  Like the Yosemites, they are comfortable to hold and pretty user-friendly overall, although w/glasses I can get small blackouts more easily than with the Yosemite.</blockquote>

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