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Message: <blockquote data-quote="davem" data-source="post: 1274588" data-attributes="member: 29069">Hello all,this has turned into a very interesting thread with quite a familiar sound to it!In turn...@FrankD & @Dogfish: The APO-HGs are in all intents and purposes exactly the same bino as the standard HGs but use the latest APO glass from Schott along with a 'nano' moisture / grease repellent coating on the objective lenses and not least have a thankfully dumbed down colour on the fopcus wheel and diopter adjustment.Here at Newpro UK, (Minox's UK distributor), we agree with you that the FOV shoudl have been wider, and have been telling Minox this since soon after the original HGs were launched.Things do take a while to get through to Minox & their development team, but we do sometimes succeed - the mid-priced BL range is entirely based on the specifications that WE supplied to them.@Brocknroller - see above with reference to us agreeing with your final comment.However, although this is BIRDforum, please all be aware that we sell binos to a LOT of markets other than the birding one where FOV does not seem to matter nearly as much.That said, we keep plugging away and are pretty sure that Minox will eventually give in to the constant request for a birder-friendly FOV in any future models!ATB,Dave.</blockquote>