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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BobinKy" data-source="post: 1580219" data-attributes="member: 58027">Kevin...Let me begin by saying at twilight (sunset to darkness), the light changes dramatically very quickly. Surveyor in a previous post quantified this change for us.Second, I think there is a best aesthetic view and a best details view, although I am still unsure what we all mean when we say "details." I do not think the two views are the same view. They might be, but usually not as I have tried to define them. In the first evening, the 7x50 began to overtake the 12x50 at 8:30 p.m. and for certain by 9:00 p.m. The 7x50 and 16x70 comparisons were taken at 9:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. (as best as I can recall). The ZenithStar scope comparisons were done between 8:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on the following evening. I have usually found in previous comparisons at twilight and the night sky that the Fujinon FMT-SX 16x70 presents brightness views similar to the Nikon SE 12x50, although the quality of the view always goes to the SE 12x50 for color, contrast, and resolution, unless I am specifically looking for details. Then the prize usually goes to the Fujinon 16x70.Therefore, I deduct that a comparison between the Fujinon FMT-SX 7x50 and 16x70 at 8:00 p.m would definitely give the prize to the 16x70. At 8:30 p.m. they would be neck and neck--the aesthetics of the 7x50 versus the details of the 16x70. . . .Thanks for your honest and frank comments. I appreciate them greatly. I have tried to incorporate them in my latest twilight comparison--the one this evening with the two deer and the rabbit....BobKentucky</blockquote>

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