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Old 28-03-2005, 12:28 PM
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Originally posted by [1ponders]
Besides with anything more than 5-6mm you would be loosing brightness as the average persons pupil dilation is around 5 mm or less in adults. Therefore if you have an exit pupil of 12 mm then only one quarter of the light will enter your pupil (1/r square law, ie for every doubling of radius the intensity will be 1/4)
Well, that's the thing. I'm asking whether you can keep the 6 mm exit pupil and have a low magnification.
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