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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NDhunter" data-source="post: 1815202" data-attributes="member: 74573">It is time I respond to your inquiry about my location here in ND, I live around 130 miles SE of Minot and I do get there occasionally.  Good to hear of thosewho report of the birding chances there.  For me as a farmer and outdoorsmuch of the time, I am getting my full chance at my own birding and otherwildlife experiences right out my front door! You mention 60* AFOV, and without me doing a search, how does that translate into the typical angle of view, such as 7.5 or higher?While I have been writing this, while looking out my office window, I was interrupted by 3 deer in my backyard, right near my soon to be planted garden, so that means they are looking for a free meal!! The bins I just looked through were my 1993 vintage Nikon 7x35 Action Naturalist II, 8.6 *, and my Nikon 8x32 SE 7.5*.  Now, and I want Kevin toalso know the older Nikon Action, made in Japan, is still a nice one, but withrubber eyecups, and I must say, I do prefer the SE, so no surprise here.I do respect you guys who desire the extreme wide, E or E II,  I would liketo get one of these someday.  For some here watching, the handling of theseolder Nikon porros is really quite good, and if you want twist up eyecups, then look to the Nikon Action Extremes.  Otherwise, the Nikon Action does offer a nice pick also.Just a bit of advice here, Nikon made a large number of Action models over the past 20 plus years, the older ones were made in Japan, so that means they did not skimp on glass, they handle nice, are lighter than the newer ones, and they can be had on the auction site for good values.Jerry</blockquote>

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