Exactly Alexis. This is certainly one of the fundamental points to be able to evaluate things correctly. The speech of the flickering vision is certainly much more complex than what we could only imagine. But I have always heard and read various comments (not only here) that do not start from these assumptions. When I was starting out, a stupid thing I heard from almost everyone was that besides 8x I couldn't handle binoculars. Then I saw that many of us can manage 15x 25x 35x, without worrying too much (even women and children).because magnification provides more detail (so long as the resolution of the bin is beyond human vision, which most are), it isn't the case that high magnifications will show less detail than low magnifications, even when the image is shaky. High mags will, instead, show _more_ detail, even if shaky.
So, where is the truth?
Maybe it's a topic that has been developed abnormally on the internet?
Maybe there is laziness and not wanting to understand how things really are?
Perhaps out of inertia people insist on repeating like a parrot the same tale they told him from the beginning, but without trying or understanding?
I don't know and I don't intend to do controversy or psychology. Of course I don't want to force anyone to do something (like using 25x) if they don't want to or don't feel. I just try to clarify the subject, to give those interested a chance.
So the discussion should be centered on how the eye works, the resolution of the detail, how to improve the grip and stability of the binoculars, how to get the eyes and sight used to movement and activate the stabilization that we have by nature. Plus many other useful topics to stimulate (and not to suppress) a more open approach towards magnifications beyond 9x.
The practical limit to the higher magnification is not the flickering, but rather the too narrow field of vision, which makes it more difficult to center the target. Think about telescopes that use low-magnification finders, despite being attached to the tripod. In addition to the various individual difficulties, which however may also be overcome or mitigated (but I am not a doctor).
What I can say with certainty (and I have already said it) is that in direct proportion to the magnification, we will all see the "shaky moved" that our hands pass to binoculars (this is another fundamental point).
So, with magnifications beyond 9x, it is certain that all of us will have a clearer and more detailed view of the shaking of our hands before our eyes.
Do you want to hide your blur from view and continue to believe you see more detail?
Use magnifications below 9x and have no other worries!
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