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Message: <blockquote data-quote="denco@comcast.n" data-source="post: 1658446" data-attributes="member: 25300"><p>On the Zeiss 8x20 monocular the DOF is quite good and FOV is large too  345 feet(@1000yds). I find if I hold I hold it with two hands I can hold it quite steady. It is hard to beat the size, convenience and quickness of an 8x20 monocular. You can get a monocular up to your eye much quicker than even binoculars for that quick look(No adjusting IPD). I just hang it around my neck or put it in my pocket and I have it all times. Plus they are more inconspicuous if say you are using it in a neighborhood and you don't want people to know you are using a binocular because maybe they think you are spying on them. With the monocular you can put your hand over it and nobody you knows you are using it. Good birding tool and for nature observation. Zeiss also makes them with smaller magnifications which have a REALLY close focus.</p></blockquote><p></p>