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Message: <blockquote data-quote="brocknroller" data-source="post: 2968807" data-attributes="member: 665">Here....come...the....Stooorm King....Very nice. Looks like an Audubon on steroids. Kind of stingy on the ER @ 7*. Not sure why most 7x50s have between 7*-7.5* FOV, perhaps Bill or someone else can enlighten us. I had a Celestron 7x50 Nova, which had 10* FOV. Nice "open" 70* AFOV, which is more to my liking. It was easy for me to hold since I have large hands and it weighed only 39 oz., which relatively speaking is lightweight for a bin in this class. The build quality seemed very good despite it not weighing as much as an albatross. It was in mint condition, but I still had to take a $50 loss to sell it. Not too many people appreciate old porros (except old ex-Navy men) <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />However, there were some "fatal flaws" that caused me to sell it: the low ER (10mm?) in combination with tight nose fit (the ocular diameter was huge), and glare problems using the bin during the day. Not sure if this was because the MC weren't up to snuff or if it lacked sufficient baffling. Of course, 7x50s aren't meant to be used at noon, they are for low light, and for that they worked well; however, the night sky looked washed out when using the 7x Nova for stargazing. I have fairly bright suburban skies, and stargazing was my main interest in buying the bin, because I already had the 10x50 Nova (8* FOV), which I really liked for stargazing, and I thought the 7x50 would make a nice companion, which it did, next to it on the shelf. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Here are some photos of the 7x50 Nova. It was made in 1986.</blockquote>

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