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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vespobuteo" data-source="post: 3273507" data-attributes="member: 120830">check you figures again..the SF 8x42 FOV covers 24% bigger area than the 8.5x42 swaro,vs 6.25% more mag in the swaro,what the swaro would have if etc. we can't really know for sure…more obvious if we compare the 10x models,SF 120m vs SV 112m FOV,means 15% bigger area too look into for the 10x42 SFalso the AFOV and ER is better on the SF,the SF has/is what I would call"eye piece of magic"3<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />see my thread "Zeiss SF - 10x is the new 8.5x"just my 49 cents..</blockquote>