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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pompadour" data-source="post: 2317240" data-attributes="member: 104665">Frank,First, thank you very much for the so prompt and detailed reply to my query which is really useful to me.I would like to write at greater length than this, but various commitments keep me from it, including a thread I started today (in which I am happy to see you’re a contributor) that demands a lot of attention (something you of all people must be quite familiar with!) For now:1. I think the criteria should be kept to the original three to be effective. More on this when...2. It seems to me that a major factor in your “field” parameter you have not mentioned is the exit pupil.3. From point ‘2’: why else, I wonder, would you rate the Zeiss Victory 7x42 over the 8x32, which has a bigger apparent (or perceived) FOV and better edge performance. (I know about these bins only by reading about them.)</blockquote>