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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Martin Fagg" data-source="post: 1816519" data-attributes="member: 50232">Hi James,I suspect that 7x50s are deemed to be too big and heavy. They don't seem to have as wide a fov as 7x35/36 or 7x42 either.Having said that, before I noticed your latest post here, I was just googling 7x50 to see what comes up. I just can't help looking even though I have no spare cash.I still have the Olympuses but I like 7x so much that I can't stop researching. They've become my desk binoculars. I work in an office next to a park. I take a walk in the woods next door during lunch hour. Rather large for desk bins but that's where they have ended up. At some point they'll take up a different position. My bins migrate regularly. Home to car to office, round and round they go <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Best wishesMartin</blockquote>