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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jring" data-source="post: 3281334" data-attributes="member: 133897">Hi,some thoughts regarding the data given:a) close focus of 1m as claimed by OP - this is better than any modern bin I know of apart from the specialist Pentax Papillo - which uses a special technique to decrease the already small stereo base of its reverse porro construction at close distance. I cry fake here and would say that it's impossible to use any porro (non-reverse) at 1m with both eyes, let alone a rather big one like a 7x50. You just can't squint that much...b) Field of view of 157/1000m - this is better than any modern bin - should I get to england anytime soon I'll bring my Nikon E II with 154/1000m for comparison - or is there anybody closer for this?c) The german print on there was certainly not agreed to by Leitz as whoever had agreed to a text with so many errors would have been sacked the next day. As already noted, Objektivs should read Objektive and M-C should read mehrfachvergütet (thanks for that one, etudiant). And Leitz-Eigentum does not fit as it means Leitz property - it should be Leitz Patent or Leitz Objektiv or so.Joachim</blockquote>