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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steve C" data-source="post: 1290627" data-attributes="member: 56622">APSThat makes sense and I think that might well be it.  One of the things with lots of FOV (both flavors) is that the wider it gets the harder it gets to keep the outer field distortions minimal and the sweet spot maximal.  It can be done, but it costs $$$$.  About the best combination out there is the Zeiss FL 7x42 which is both wide angle @ 60* afov and wide fov @ 450'.  It would be interesting to have some idea of what our typical focused vision is in relation to what our total field of vision is.  That is basic information, I'm sure, but I don't know what it is.  Mabybe somebody who does will chime in.To try and keep this Promaster ELX related, I am not willing to come up with Zeiss $$$ when the Promaster quality of image is what it is at Promaster $$$.  So when that price level gets to a difference of only 3*, that is good enough for me, especially considering the overall image atributes.  Stretch the fov out at that price level, and the result may well be more outer field distortion with no more sweet spot, which can be a real annoyance, increased AFOV be darned.</blockquote>