Thread: f/5 vs f/4
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Old 10-08-2013, 07:42 PM
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main difference is time. the f5 will take 25/16 times as long as an f4 to a given result, all else being equal.

As Richard points out, downside is tightness of tolerances at f4 - getting an f4 scope to work really well is much harder than getting the same from an f5.
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