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- From: dsc@gemini.tmc.edu (Doug S. Caprette Bldg. 28 W191 x3892)
- Subject: Re: binocular question
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:45:24 GMT
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- In article <199228.4258.20565@dosgate> "michael daly" <michael.daly@canrem.com> writes:
- >
- >IMHO, the 7 millimeter guideline is a crock. Few older people have 7 mm
- >or larger pupils when fully dilated. If the eyepiece exit pupil is
- >exactly the same size as the eye's pupil, _any_ lateral motion of the
- >binoculars will result in some of the light falling on the iris. This
- >will result in dimming of the image. I've experienced this often and
- >it's really annoying. A smaller exit pupil will allow some lateral
- >motion without the light loss. Personally I wouldn't recommend anything
- >larger that a 5 mm exit pupil (i.e. nothing lower powered than 10x50,
- >16x80 etc.).
- >
-
- An absolute prohibition on using telescope/eyepiece combinations (as opposed
- to buying binoculars) with exit pupils larger than some arbitrary value is
- also a crock of another kind. Large exit pupils are associated with combin-
- ations of eyepiece and scope that yield low power. It is often well worth
- whiile to trade away some of the effective aperture of the scope in exchange
- for the wider field of view at low power.
-
- The dumbell surrounded by Milky Way, M31 and its two major companions, or
- the entire sword of Orion in one field of view are dramatic enough to justify
- such a combination.
-
- I agree, however, that one should not push the limit when buying binoculars.
-