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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Omid" data-source="post: 1354653" data-attributes="member: 16724">OK John, here are some initial observations for you: I had a Leica Trinovid 12x50 BN for a couple of yeras when I lived in Canada so I am familar with the Trinovid ergonomics. I used to take them to shooting range and use them as spotting scope! On a good day I could see 7mm bullet holes at 200 yards. The 8x50 BAs won't resolve as much but they have much better eye-relief. All 50mm Leica Trinovids are heavy but I have no problem with their balance or feel. Absolutly solid feel and the very nice movement on the focus wheel.    A very interesting observation which suprizes me with my 8x50 BA is that there is no "tunnel vision"! Theoretically these are not wide-field binoculars but you will not notice that when looking through the eyepiece. OK, back to work.. I am cooking up some weired algorithms to calculate the arctangent function using fixed-point arithmatic.. then I am going to go to a corporate christmass party in the evening...  will compare these 8x50s with my Zeiss 8x56 and Leica 8x42 Duvid in the weekend.. not sure I'll be in a position to make any "star tests" after I come back home tonight..  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>