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Re: Undersized prisms - the myth
      06/18/08 10:34 PM

Actually Peter, there aren't too many f/6 binoculars. The BT100 is f/6.2. Vixen makes an f/11. There's a few others. Of all the fixed power binoculars I've tested, none were more than f/5.1. Most were between f/3.8 and f/4.2. All the 80s and 100s were between f/4.4 and f/5.1.

For a 100mm binocular to be f/3.5 it would have to be about 12" or shorter. For it to be f/6 it would need to be about 21 inches long, (both not including shields).

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* Undersized prisms - the myth GlennLeDrew 06/18/08 08:19 PM
. * Re: Undersized prisms - the myth SaberScorpX   06/19/08 02:18 PM
. * Re: Undersized prisms - the myth GlennLeDrew   06/19/08 07:52 PM
. * Re: Undersized prisms - the myth Shortymx   06/19/08 08:22 PM
. * Re: Undersized prisms - the myth pcad   06/19/08 11:03 PM
. * Re: Undersized prisms - the myth EdZModerator   06/23/08 10:59 AM
. * Re: Undersized prisms - the myth sftonkin   06/20/08 11:05 AM
. * Re: Undersized prisms - the myth GlennLeDrew   06/21/08 10:06 PM
. * Re: Undersized prisms - the myth pcad   06/22/08 10:18 AM
. * Re: Undersized prisms - the myth GlennLeDrew   06/22/08 07:15 PM
. * Re: Undersized prisms - the myth KennyJ   06/22/08 10:24 AM
. * Re: Undersized prisms - the myth EdZModerator   06/18/08 08:42 PM
. * Re: Undersized prisms - the myth GlennLeDrew   06/18/08 09:28 PM
. * Re: Undersized prisms - the myth pcad   06/18/08 10:08 PM
. * Re: Undersized prisms - the myth EdZModerator   06/18/08 10:34 PM
. * Re: Undersized prisms - the myth GlennLeDrew   06/19/08 12:25 AM
. * Re: Undersized prisms - the myth EdZModerator   06/19/08 10:00 AM
. * Re: Undersized prisms - the myth ronharper   06/19/08 01:26 AM
. * Re: Undersized prisms - the myth GlennLeDrew   06/19/08 04:41 AM
. * Re: Undersized prisms - the myth pcad   06/19/08 09:10 AM
. * Re: Undersized prisms - the myth EdZModerator   06/19/08 09:24 AM
. * Re: Undersized prisms - the myth pcad   06/19/08 09:33 AM
. * Re: Undersized prisms - the myth EdZModerator   06/18/08 10:02 PM

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