10x42 are great
The second number is the objective size and creates the size of the beam of light that is available for your eye. The objective size glass also has a big weight attached to it. The beam of light size is smaller or bigger depending on your magnification that you choose. In a dim evening, your eye pupil opening will be about 4mm. Anything more than this is essentially wasted. A big exit pupil is easy to get eye into and its got lots of 'forgiveness' for seeing the image and avoiding the black edge. Shaky rides that are bumping you around while viewing love these oversized binoculars. If your standing still while viewing, 10x42 are great.
10x42
42mm diameter ÷ 10 magnification = 4.2mm
10x50
50mm ÷ 10 mag = 5mm eye light
12x50
50mm ÷ 12 = 4.16mm
Last edited by Nyksta; 07-14-2018 at 08:44 AM.
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