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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ceasar" data-source="post: 3334773" data-attributes="member: 26155">The Zeiss 6x18 draw tube monocular is a handy item but more useful for normal viewing with its great DOF and decent FOV.  You hardly have to move the draw tube outward for most viewing and looking at things a few feet away doesn't require much extension at all.  The trouble begins when you want to use it on something real small like the printing on the dial of a watch that you have to get close to.  Then you have to pull the drawtube out real far and move it all over the place to find it so you can read it.  That isn't much fun.:CI'm almost sorry I didn't get the little 4x12 instead which has a huge FOV.<a href="http://www.cameralandny.com/optics/zeiss.pl?page=zeissmonocular522050" target="_blank">http://www.cameralandny.com/optics/zeiss.pl?page=zeissmonocular522050</a>As for John's next episode--how about "Buffalo Chips?"<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Bob</blockquote>