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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steve C" data-source="post: 3365733" data-attributes="member: 56622">I thought the introduction of a full size 7x was interesting as well.  I expected the fov reactions, as I initially had some of those same preconceived ideas about it appearing restricted.  That fact that it is not particularly restricted in the presentation of the view did surprise me some.  Aside from the fov, I think I need to repeat some other things that are going on there.  I mentioned in my OP that this thing looks a whole lot like you are viewing the world through a porro.  The fov in this case does not have the effect(on me anyway in this instance) that it might have had.  Assemble the effects of the 7x dof (magnified in my view by the very long focal length) with 3-D of the offset objectives of the Maven B2 and those aspects seem to trump the actual fov.  Another thing with the 7x45 Maven is the total lack of a tunnel effect.  There is a quite small boundary at the edge of the field, no looking through a tire effect at all.  That helps too.I will note the optics here are top notch.</blockquote>