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- From: mick@dcs.bbk.ac.uk (Mick Farmer)
- Newsgroups: rec.birds
- Subject: Re: Binoculars Question
- Message-ID: <mick.728017855@picus>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 03:10:55 GMT
- References: <1993Jan24.184101.27715@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu>
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- Paul asks the meaning of 8 x 40 for bins. The 8 is the
- magnification and the 40 is the diameter of the objective
- lens. The value 40 / 8 (i.e. 5) is a measure of the width
- of the field of view. Thus 7 x 42 have a lower
- magnification, but a wider field of view -- better for
- following birds through trees relatively close to.
-
- Regards,
-
- Mick
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