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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steve C" data-source="post: 1301526" data-attributes="member: 56622">Well, my new Promaster just got here, so I went and took a quick gander at the first available scenery.Mine seems different from Frank's new one.  This one is still black, but has the gray ring below the focus wheel instead of brass.  Also this one still has the blue tinted coatings, just like the one I had for review, not the green tint of Frank's.  Both from the same dealer.Quick impressions, the sweet spot on this one is edge to edge, at least for me, better at any rate than the review specimen.  If the sky clears up tonight, I'll check the edge distortion with Jupiter and its moons.  The depth of focus is also better on this glass than the review model.  Not really enough to have eliminated my single remaining complaint, but noticeable just the same.  Whether there was some actual production modification, or just sample variation, I have no idea.  Now that I understand that the binocular focuses clockwise to infinity, and am aware that there is actually a bit more than one half turn past infinity, the focus complaint I first voiced is pretty well gone. Also it seems to use more focus wheel range (nearly 1/2 turn) than my other roof binoculars to get from about 50' on into the 4' close focus distance this one has.This thing is scary good for $500.</blockquote>