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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OPTIC_NUT" data-source="post: 3172041" data-attributes="member: 121951">Now here's an interesting obsevation:---If someone says there is almost no detectable difference between 7x and 8x    (I differ with that, but...), one thing they find barely noticeable, therefore,    is a loss of 23% of the light (assuming the same objective size).---Now....if they also said that multicoatings made a huge difference due to brightness:    they would be in severe contradiction with themselves.    Just sayin...(this is also a contradiction if you say 32mm is about as bright as 42mm)..7x keeps growing on me.  Without it, I have to bring 6x and 8x, since I like each so much.10x just for big-distance venues.7x35 ... bright and light...back to the future.  ;-)I am also getting biased by the stable of great 7x35s plucked from the dross.So I guess.....another write-in for 7x, but if you do 7x you might as well drop the objective for size.There are some 7x30s but there should be more.</blockquote>