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Old 12-11-2011, 06:18 PM
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As the distance from the lens in the barlow to the eyepiece (or camera) changes, so does the magnification. If you use an additional spacer to hold your camera the magnification could, say, go from x2.5 to x3.5....whereas with a powermate the magnification would remain the same ie x2.5
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