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Message: <blockquote data-quote="denco@comcast.n" data-source="post: 3181168" data-attributes="member: 25300"><p>What binocular did you compare the B.1 with? Swarovski's are known for their brightness per aperture size because of their coatings. The B.1 eyecups do have less rubber on them than the B.3 but they are still a long ways from the Swarovski's much thinner rounded rubber eyecups. I find the CL's FOV a little narrow also and I really thought I would like the Maven much more because of the bigger FOV but I found I would rather have the smaller FOV with the bigger sweetspot with sharper edges and better optics. I really feel there is a limit to how much a big FOV is beneficial. After a while I forgot about the differences in the sizes of the FOV and really noticed more the better on-axis view of the Swarovski. Optics are very important but their are a lot of other things that make a good birding binocular and overall the Swarovski CL is better overall in my opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>