[Sailor Steve]

I don't know. In SH3 it was hard to identify the flags. On mod's solution was to raise the magnification to 10 vs 6. I thought that was too artificial, and really liked the SH4 mods that took the road of leaving the magnification at 6 but making the whole picture larger.

You may be right about properly reflecting the problems with having to use a periscope in the first place.

Well, I've been wrong before, but I think the bigger view is the way to go.