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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Simon S" data-source="post: 2671998" data-attributes="member: 26329">Well thats set the cat amongst the pigeons!The binocular has arrived today, a narrow fov was the first thing I noticed, followed by the bright sharp and almost perfectly flat image. Compared to the 8x30EII the binocular is a touch brighter, down to the larger objectives and to a point in low light the larger exit pupil.The paperwork included states this model as the "7x35E CF" and nothing about EII, however maybe the EII designation was an informal description for the later multicoated binocular variant.To me honest, I prefer the 8x30EII, this 7x35 has a great view but doesn't have the huge fov of the Japanese 70's bins. Comparing them to the Pentax Marine , both have superb views with similar field of view, but the Nikon is brighter thanks to 30 years advance in coatings.</blockquote>