Talk:Porro prism

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Porro prism binoculars have an offset prism design that 'bends' the incoming image before it reaches the user's eye. This 'bending' lets the binocular deliver great image quality, including increased image depth and a more lifelike, three-dimensional image, but because of the more complex path the light must take, the binoculars are usually a little bit bigger than roof prism models.

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The illustration and discussion of the double porro prism contradicts the first section. If a single porro prism rotates an image 180 then a double must rotate it 360. (Which is why it is used in binoculars, which have "normal" images.) And the middle F in the double prism image is not rotated but reflected. Therefore, I deleted the text on double porro prisms. -- etune

I have restored the deleted text, since the reasoning above is erroneous. The middle F is rotated when considered wrt the direction of the input and output beams. 69.9.25.21 19:56, 23 December 2006 (UTC)