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Originally Posted by TareqPhoto
Away from 1.25" or 2" size, i just curios why someone will collect all the lines of Powermate? or let's say if someone has 2.5x why he needs 2x or if he has 4x why he needs 5x.
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two scopes would be a good reason, one imaging away and another for visual or imaging something else. Probably didnt start out to get them all maybe picked up some good bundle deals second hand etc just to get one of them for second scope and ended up with all in the end.
Or just a collector
As for need? hm, the eye can compensate and sharpen up what its seeing pretty well and every bit of magnification amplifies optical defects. Plus with barlows and powermates youre often at or beyond the magnification limits of the scope. Along with changing seeing conditions I can easily see how a 4x and a 5x can give noticably different results, maybe a 5x is ok for visual but imaging is just too poor whereas a 4x loses little in magnification but may gain much in clarity and sharpness when imaging.