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  2. Binoculars - Wikipedia

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    8×42 roof prism binoculars with rainguard and opened tethered lens caps. Binoculars or field glasses are two refracting telescopes mounted side-by-side and aligned to point in the same direction, allowing the viewer to use both eyes (binocular vision) when viewing distant objects.

  3. Prism sight - Wikipedia

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    Magnification. An Elcan SpecterOS 4x prism sight with a Shield Sights reflex sight mounted on top. Prism sights often have fixed low-power magnification such as 1× (parity magnification or "non-magnifying"), 2×, 3× or 4x magnifications, sometimes 5× or more.

  4. History of optics - Wikipedia

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    Ibn al-Haytham (Alhacen) wrote about the effects of pinhole, concave lenses, and magnifying glasses in his 11th century Book of Optics (1021 CE). [45] [47] [48] The English friar Roger Bacon , during the 1260s or 1270s, wrote works on optics, partly based on the works of Arab writers, that described the function of corrective lenses for vision ...

  5. Fresnel lens - Wikipedia

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    A Fresnel lens ( / ˈfreɪnɛl, - nəl / FRAY-nel, -⁠nəl; / ˈfrɛnɛl, - əl / FREN-el, -⁠əl; or / freɪˈnɛl / fray-NEL [1]) is a type of composite compact lens which reduces the amount of material required compared to a conventional lens by dividing the lens into a set of concentric annular sections.

  6. Dioptre - Wikipedia

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    This is approximately the magnification observed when a person with normal vision holds the magnifying glass close to his or her eye. See also. Astigmatism; Dioptrics; Lens clock; Lensmeter; Optics; Optometry; Prism correction § Prism dioptres; Vertometer; References

  7. Monocular - Wikipedia

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    1 – Objective lens 2 – Schmidt-Pechan prism 3 – Eyepiece. A monocular is a compact refracting telescope used to magnify images of distant objects, typically using an optical prism to ensure an erect image, instead of using relay lenses like most telescopic sights.