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Old 01-04-2016, 04:19 PM
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Does the brain combine the images from both eyes, so is making use of 7 mm of pupil x 2, is that how you achieved the 14mm of the 40mm available through the binos?
No, it's about the 2x magnification. Aperture / Magnification = Exit Pupil. In this case 14mm/2 = 7mm. Two eyes or one don't matter as far as exit pupil goes. If you wanted say 5x magnification, then the largest useful aperture would be 5x7mm = 35mm.
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