Hi Hamish,
Your wife will be very happy with your choices. I have little doubt she would also have been happy with the 13mm Nagler.
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I read your advice given to Suzy when she was in the same boat and I understand she ended up going with the Denkmeier 14. It was interesting to see your comment that if you were starting from scratch you would get the Denkmeier. Do you rate it more than the Ethos 13?
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The 14mm Denkmeier and 13mm ETHOS are very different. The Denkmeier outdoes the 13mm ETHOS ever so slightly in terms of contrast, light transmission and on axis sharpness. These are criteria which are important to me. It is also smaller than the 13mm ETHOS, has much more eye relief and is more comfortable to use. The 13mm ETHOS has a MUCH larger FOV. I am pretty comfortable with a FOV around 65 deg to 70 deg. The 14mm Denkmeier whilst its apparent FOV is stated at 65 deg it is a touch more than this and just under 70 deg.
If I could only have one of the two, I would choose the 14mm Denkmeier over the 13mm ETHOS, by a small margin.
Cheers,
John B