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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mayoayo" data-source="post: 3188007" data-attributes="member: 16781"><p>That eyepiece would not power the ED50 to 16x,but to a bit less than 13x,,,,so if the real fov is ,as you say,equal to the 16x-24x-30x,the performance must be very similar to that of the zoom at its lower power...nothing to write home about ,really,.or to write a review about ,shall we say in this case..Also..I dont think i agree about the quality of the AR coatings not affecting the contrast ..I have used different vintages Nikon eyepieces,And if not devastating,the effect of the older coatings diminished contrast to a certain level..i think</p></blockquote><p></p>