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"Zoom" versus fixed-magnification Leica eyepieces

This table compares field of view for a 32x eyepiece versus the zoom eyepiece at 32x. All images shot using SCOPE FOCUS, with center weighted metering, manual exposure settings (f/5.3, 1/125 s), ISO=100, and color balance AUTO. All images are unmanipulated (but resized) quality="FINE" camera files.

ZOOM at 32x Camera WIDE	ZOOM at 32x Camera TIGHT
FIXED 32x Camera WIDE	FIXED 32x Camera TIGHT

Maximum field of view is 1.4 times larger in the FIXED eyepiece.

Imaged with a Nikon Coolpix 990 through a Leica APO Televid scope

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