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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ceasar" data-source="post: 3269979" data-attributes="member: 26155">True in both the practical details and the impractical details.One still sees a wider FOV at 8x than one sees at 12x and that is what using a zoom binocular or switch power binocular is all about.Why confuse newbies with technical details about "apparent FOV?"  The instruction chart that comes with the binoculars tells the user how wide the FOV is at the low power end of the zoom and how wide it is at the high power end and it is explained in feet @ 1000 yards or meters @1000 meters.  The assumption being that the user can visualize this difference.Bob</blockquote>