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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steve C" data-source="post: 1529436" data-attributes="member: 56622">DV,What you see in edge distortion in the Raptor sounds worse than what I see in the Raven, or for that matter in either of my Yosemite's.  Call and talk to Vortex, send it to them and see if there is something wrong with it.  There is edge distortion, to be sure, in the Raven, but it is certainly no worse, and in the case of mine, it seems a bit less than the Yosemite.Again, I will give my 7x26 an edge in image sharpness over both the Yosemite and the Raven.  But that may be a bit of an apples to oranges thing.  When we get to separating finer details at closer distances, the effect of magnification becomes more apparent, and we are dealing with magnification increments of .5x with each of the three.  That may or may not mean anything.  The best way I can see to check it is to see how far away each binocular will separate the text on the sign and divide the distance by the magnification and see if that gives you some idea.  Steve Ingraham did that in a modification of his NEED test one time on BVD.I don't think it is necessary for Yosemite owners to hit the run button and trade off the Yosemite for a Raven or a Raptor, but my Raven is a slightly better binocular than my Yosemite.  I admit that since the 6.5x image of the Raven looks to me just a bit bigger than the 6x of the Yosemite, that that may be part of the reason.As for the casting marks, I really don't see what you are referring to in the Raven or in either Yosemite.</blockquote>

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