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  1. M

    Binoculars convention should be Aperture Divide Magnification, not Magnification x Aperture... ?

    Aperture (light gathering) is more important if you are thinking like an astronomer. Stars are (mostly) point sources, so there is no way to make them closer, but with more aperture we can see more of them. They are self-luminous and some are dimmer and/or farther away than others. Birds are...
  2. M

    Binoculars convention should be Aperture Divide Magnification, not Magnification x Aperture... ?

    An impeccable train of logic can lead to a conclusion that is total ********.
  3. M

    Binoculars convention should be Aperture Divide Magnification, not Magnification x Aperture... ?

    Quite so, but what we are discussing isn’t a mathematical expression. The quote has been copied so many times, I doubt anyone knows who said it first.
  4. M

    Binoculars convention should be Aperture Divide Magnification, not Magnification x Aperture... ?

    To quote a rather famous man, “a solution looking for a non-existent problem”.
  5. M

    Binoculars convention should be Aperture Divide Magnification, not Magnification x Aperture... ?

    Post #1 What you are proposing would result in identifying binoculars by their exit pupil size. Therefor a 7x50 and a 10x70 end up with the same descriptor. This is sheer madness, and would create total chaos. What did I not understand?
  6. M

    Binoculars convention should be Aperture Divide Magnification, not Magnification x Aperture... ?

    The higher magnification makes the background darker, thus enhanced contrast enables us to see the fainter ones. My 16X70 always showed fainter stars than my 10X70. (both Fujinon FMT-SX)
  7. M

    Binoculars convention should be Aperture Divide Magnification, not Magnification x Aperture... ?

    This. It is not a mathematical expression.
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