Telescope Reviews: Too much FOV

Hi everyone My name is Steve Napier and this is my first post on the Cloudynights Forum. Im 37 and have been using Binoculars for 30 years now.
I have a pair of Carl Zeiss Jena 10*50 Dekarems.I bought these before the Berlin Wall came down when Jena Binoculars were still at a reasonable price.I paid about £90 for them.
They have a FOV of 7.3 degrees,and here lies the problem.
I feel these binoculars would be far superior for Astronomical use if the field was about 5 degrees.
About three quaters of the way to the edge the stars look like seagulls!
The quality at the centre is excellent,very sharp and very bright.
I used to own a VERY cheap pair of Japanese binoculars whos optics were nowhere near as good as the Zeiss model but I enjoyed using them better as whole of the FOV could be seen with my eye giving a wonderful impression of total blackness surrounding the field of view.
I dont get this with the Zeiss binoculars.
Does anyone else feel they would benefit from binoculars giving a smaller FOV without the Seagull stars?
Thankyou
Steve.

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