henry link
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Yep, I've done that a few times. I expect the range of effective exit pupils in daylight when the eye's small entrance pupil stops down the binocular exit pupil to be the same in both an 8x52 NL and the 8x42 NL, so I don't expect a brighter image, but would hold out some hope for a cleaner, more relaxed, lower aberration image from an 8x50 NL. More like my Zeiss 8x56 FL, but with lower weight, wider FOV, better color fidelity, lower off-axis aberrations and closer focus.Measuring your eye pupil diameter under the light levels of interest may provide guidance on how much light will get into your eyes from larger exit pupils.
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