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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BobinKy" data-source="post: 1578176" data-attributes="member: 58027">8:00 p.m.I go out to watch a squirrel gathing acorns at the top of a large oak tree 25 yards from my patio. I take a Fujinon FMT-SW 7x50 and Nikon SE 12x50. I see more detail of the squirrel, acorns, leaves, and bark with the Nikon SE 12x50. However, the squirrel is easier to follow, as he hops from limb to limb, in the Fujinon FMT-SX 7x50 due to the wider FOV.8:30 p.m.The squirrel is not around. So I focus on the dry brown leaves of the squirrel's nest. I give the edge to the Fujinon FMT-SX 7x50 because the brown in the leaves is more distinct. The bark on the oak, as well as the hanging acorns and the shiny green leaves, are more pronounced in the Fujinon FMT-SX 7x50 than the Nikon SE 12x50. But not by much. The Nikon SE 12x50 trails because the colors have taken on a muddy appearance.9:00 p.m.The full moon, the color of amber, is rising in the Eastern horizon. The planet Jupiter is visible with the naked eye. No stars are visible with the naked eye. I put my attention again on the oak tree. No contest. Definition of form and appearance of color is better in the Fujinon FMT-SX 7x50. The squirrel is no where to be seen. I turn the optics to the sky and the Nikon SE 12x50 puts the Fujinon FMT-SX 7x50 back in its place. The points of light (really reflections of light from our Sun) of the Moon, Jupiter, and his moons are larger and reveal more detail with the Nikon SE 12x50.9:30 p.m.I read where Kevin says the Fujinon FMT-SX 16x70 will outperform the Fujinon FMT-SX 7x50 terrestrially or in the night sky. I decided to put these two brothers to the test. The oak, bark, shiny leaves, and acorns, are more visible in the 7x50. I switch to a hedge row that does not have any visible sky behind, just the wall of a brick house. The prize, again, goes to the little brother--Fujinon FMT-SX 7x50--more detail is visible in the leaves and branches. The Fujinon FMT-SX 16x70 reveals nothing but murk. However, as expected, the little brother is put in his place when I turn the optics to the night sky. I see more craters in our Moon and notice all four moons of Jupiter  with the 16x70. Jupiter's moons are lined up from left to right: Callisto, Europa, Io, and Ganymede. The 7x50 only detects three moons. Io, somewhere between 260,976 and 263,089 miles from Jupiter, closest of Galilean moons to Jupiter, discovered by Galileo in 1610, is not detectable with the 7x50. 10:00 p.m.I go back outside with all three binoculars--Fujinon FMT-SX 7x50, Nikon SE 12x50, and Fujinon FMT-SX 16x70. The Moon is higher in the sky and takes on the a bright white color as she escapes the dust and moisture in the lower horizon. The Fujinon FMT-SX 7x50 shows Jupiter's moon Io, when I prop my elbows on the roof of my car to steady my hand shake. I turn my lawn chair around and face the apple trees of my next door neighbor, 50 yards away. With my naked eye, in the light of the moon, I detect the forms of three deer eating apples that have fallen from the trees. The deer come up from the Kentucky River, two miles away, to forage in the neighborhoods. Two nights ago, the tops of my tomato plants were chomped down a few inches. Tonight, I put the three binoculars to the test. Guess which binocular reveals the four points of a young buck? Yup, once again, the Fujinon FMT-SX 7x50 meets the low light challenge. ...BobKentucky</blockquote>

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