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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ceasar" data-source="post: 3409760" data-attributes="member: 26155">Hi Jinty,I have the following 7x42s, and I can assure you that none of them suffer from "tunnel" vision.  Starting with the Leitz they go back to the 1980s then into the the 1990s and up almost to 2010 and they use 3 different types of Prisms.  The Swarovski 7x42 SLC B has an actual or real FOV of 420'@1000 yards.  The Zeiss Victory T*FL Lotutec has an  actual or real FOV of 450'@1000 yards.  The Leica Trinovid BN has a actual or real FOV of 420'@1000Yards.  The Leitz 7x42 Trinovid BA has a actual or real FOV of 420'@1000 yards and included is an inexpensive but still very good Leupold 7x42 Cascade which has an actual or real FOV of 393'@1000yds.You can only find these on the used market now.  All of them have been discontinued.   I haven't tried the new Nikon 7x42 EDG or the Leica 7x42 Ultravid HD+ but I am quite certain they don't have "Tunnel" vision either.Bob</blockquote>