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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Patudo" data-source="post: 3635444" data-attributes="member: 139299">Surprisingly (?) I do in fact set my binoculars for my own PERSONAL IPD - I point out the times I've looked through my brother's because he sets his slightly narrower IPD to see a single circle, but when looking through them, I don't, although the closer the barrels are, the more they should merge. My standard targets for sighting in my binoculars are text on signboards from around 200m to over 600m away...and the most comfortable view for me is when the circles overlap.  I don't see double images, but the circles do overlap, Hollywood style.  I have tried bringing the barrels closer together, especially after reading that is how it should be done, but Hollywood style just seems to suit me best.  Maybe it's the impression of a wider field of view that I'm liking.  Shame I can't wire my eyes to YouTube to show you what I'm seeing.</blockquote>