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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ColonelBlimp" data-source="post: 1385137" data-attributes="member: 63179">Exactly! I've got a Diascope 85, and to be honest I reckon I could quite easily carry a 100mm if it was in the same proportions. Perhaps because I am 6 foot 6, but hey ho.As well, on a bright sunny day (which are rare up here!) my Diascope could already easily handle up to 70x I feel. However, I would particularly love this hypothetical perfect zoom to go down far enough, say 15x, to give me near full 7mm exit pupil for when I'm owl-watching in twilight etc. The 25-50 wide angle zooms that Swarovski and Leica are trying to make us mugs pay 500 squid for are such a copout IMHO. The 25x is too high to scan with, and the 50x is just too low in some situations (e.g. using near water). Bring on the 15-90x 100mm APO scope! It's what I for one would pay a lot of money for!!!</blockquote>