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Message: <blockquote data-quote="justabirdwatcher" data-source="post: 3659682" data-attributes="member: 128908">For me, the first time I experienced that sensation was looking through a pair of Leica BA's back around 1994-5.  I was smitten.  I think it has to do with the field of view and eye relief as much as anything - giving the sensation of looking through a tunnel, or that the binoculars "disappear" as you bring them to your eyes.  Wide FOV and long eye relief are of course better at creating that feeling.  Personally, I don't "need" that feeling when I use binoculars.  I am more interested in resolving ability, esp. in the center of the view, for my birding optics.  For my hunting optics, I want edge to edge sharpness and good eye relief, because I often mount them on a tripod and just "look around" in the image without moving the binocular.  But if I'm birding, I really only use the center of the FOV anyway.</blockquote>