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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 254601" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>You should be concerned. A V3 with a 50mm lens has 2.44 times the surface area of a 32 mm lens. While the glass, lens design and coating of the NF may be superior to the V3 there is no way they can compensate for that much surface area at the objective. You are comparing apples to oranges. </p><p></p><p>If you are over 45 then your night vision is going down hill faster than one of Grit's horses in deep snow. The reason I first went from the 40mm to the 50mm V3 was I could not tell the difference between a buck and a doe at 375 yards on an overcast day after sundown. I use the NF 56mm a lot also. They are good for a long time after sundown and for a long ways.</p><p></p><p>Some of the issue will depend upon your hunting habits and whether you try to start hunting right at legal shooting hours and hunt till hunting hours are over. Some of it depends upon how much cloudy weather you anticipate. The hard days are the overcast ones where there you are looking west at the east-facing hillside which is the first area to go dark.</p><p></p><p>So, if I wanted to shoot 800 yards in bad light at an elk on the east slope of a hill while it was standing in the edge of the dark timber with a light weight scope I would go with the V3 50mm. At one point in time in my life, about 40 years ago, I could have done it with the NF 32mm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 254601, member: 8"] You should be concerned. A V3 with a 50mm lens has 2.44 times the surface area of a 32 mm lens. While the glass, lens design and coating of the NF may be superior to the V3 there is no way they can compensate for that much surface area at the objective. You are comparing apples to oranges. If you are over 45 then your night vision is going down hill faster than one of Grit's horses in deep snow. The reason I first went from the 40mm to the 50mm V3 was I could not tell the difference between a buck and a doe at 375 yards on an overcast day after sundown. I use the NF 56mm a lot also. They are good for a long time after sundown and for a long ways. Some of the issue will depend upon your hunting habits and whether you try to start hunting right at legal shooting hours and hunt till hunting hours are over. Some of it depends upon how much cloudy weather you anticipate. The hard days are the overcast ones where there you are looking west at the east-facing hillside which is the first area to go dark. So, if I wanted to shoot 800 yards in bad light at an elk on the east slope of a hill while it was standing in the edge of the dark timber with a light weight scope I would go with the V3 50mm. At one point in time in my life, about 40 years ago, I could have done it with the NF 32mm. [/QUOTE]
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