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Old 10-08-2010, 07:05 AM
Mountain_Wanderer
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Hi all.

It seems it's all come down to a choice of either a pair of 7x 50mm, or a pair of 10x 50mm.

It seems the 10x50 offer slightly more magnification but a smaller pupil size. The 7x50 have a larger field of view and large pupil size ensuring that as much light from the binoculas can be used.

The question is, is 10x magnification really that much different to 7x? And, would it be fair so say that even if you had a larger magnification (10x) compared to 7x, you still wouldn't see any detail on Jupiter, but rather just a slightly larger disc compared to a 7x?

So, I guess binoculas are less about detail and more about light and colour? Therefore a smaller magnification could be the choice?
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