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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rathaus" data-source="post: 3320650" data-attributes="member: 132018">I have some 60 year old 6x24 Leitz Amplivids (I did post abt them)......good BF folk who forgot that binoculars are just 'things and not people' were yowling about not using them due to their fragility and age...well I have been using them and they're a fantastic bino and format. I have never looked through such small but brilliant binoculars. They've had 60 unsuccessful years to come up with something matching this performance to size ratio. A couple of weeks back I went to a well known Oratorio. For extra fun, I was going to be a complete ass and take the 15x60 bgat dangling around my neck. My better half rightly put her hoof down (we fluked second row seats) and I took the amplivids. Just perfect. A question might be - what would it take to manufacture, today, a smaller lighter modern version of the FPO Fuji/Bushnell 10 deg wide angle 7x35? John didn't name names, and rightly focused on the 5mm exit pupil, but an even better and modernised FPO is one of the things we really want isn't it? I'd love to know how many man hrs went into each of those binoculars. Rathaus</blockquote>